Asia
- Maps of Asia
- Boso Peninsula (Japan)
- Chelungpu (Taiwan)
- Dead Sea (Israel)
- Donghai (China)
- Hanoi (Vietnam)
- Koyna (India)
- Lake Baikal (Russia)
- Lake Biwa (Japan)
- Lake El'gygytgyn (Russia)
- Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan)
- Lake Nam Co (China)
- Lake Qinghai (China)
- Lake Towuti (Indonesia)
- Lake Van (Turkey)
- Mutnovsky Volcano (Russia)
- Nankai Trough (Japan)
- NE Japan
- North Anatolian Fault (Turkey)
- Oman
- Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
- Songliao Basin (China)
- Songliao - MW-DUL (China)
- Unzen Volcano (Japan)
- Yangtze Craton (China)
- Geologic age: Cretaceous
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 10(16) 2018-Mar-06
- Drilled length: 5150.0 M
- Cored length: 3261 M
- Core recovered, length: 3245.24 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 99.52%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 63.01%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
- International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- U.S. National Science Foundation, NSF
- National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Astromaterials Research And Exploration Science Directorate
- European Science Foundation
- Agence Nationale Pour La Recherche (France)
- Swiss National Science Foundation, National Research Council
- ICDP Germany - German Science Foundation
-
Http://www.omandrilling.ac.uk/ (External Web)
-
Http://oman.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
- Project Link
Project Link - Oman Drilling Project
Please use only this URL in any kind of publication (papers, posters, flyers, citations etc.). Only this URL can be guaranteed to be persistent over coming relaunches of the Web Site.
- Daily News
-
2018-03-06
The French geophysical logging team members have arrived and are2018-03-06 postedThe French geophysical logging team members have arrived and are
The French geophysical logging team members have arrived and are
Image: final box of core in Phase 2
-
2018-02-28
Coring is complete! Four months, 1700 m drilled, 100% recovery.2018-02-28 postedCoring is complete! Four months, 1700 m drilled, 100% recovery.
Coring is complete! Four months, 1700 m drilled, 100% recovery.
Image: The final core of OmanDP Phase 2
-
2018-02-27
We enjoyed our last day with Maqbool and Said and2018-02-27 postedWe enjoyed our last day with Maqbool and Said and
We enjoyed our last day with Maqbool and Said and
Image: The final team, with trainees Maqbool and Said
-
2018-02-26
30 m to go at BA4A and surface casing cemented2018-02-26 posted30 m to go at BA4A and surface casing cemented
30 m to go at BA4A and surface casing cemented
Image: Reconstructing the 99th core of BA4A on the core table
-
2018-02-25
We are nearing the end of the final cored hole2018-02-25 postedWe are nearing the end of the final cored hole
We are nearing the end of the final cored hole
Image: Cloudy in Wadi Lawayni
-
2018-02-24
Today Chief Scientist Peter Kelemen hosted visitors from GSO and2018-02-24 postedToday Chief Scientist Peter Kelemen hosted visitors from GSO and
Today Chief Scientist Peter Kelemen hosted visitors from GSO and
Image: Visitors from the Geological Society of Oman at BA4A today
-
2018-02-22
A great end to the week - we reached 200m2018-02-22 postedA great end to the week - we reached 200m
A great end to the week - we reached 200m
Image: Trainees Horiya, Zainab and Safiyah from the Public Authority of Mining
-
2018-02-21
A change of drill bit this afternoon gave us a ...2018-02-21 postedA change of drill bit this afternoon gave us a ...
A change of drill bit this afternoon gave us a ...
Image: New versus old drill bit
-
2018-02-20
Another long day with 39 m cored - we are2018-02-20 postedAnother long day with 39 m cored - we are
Another long day with 39 m cored - we are
Image: many gabbro veins/dykes in the serpentinised peridotite cores
-
2018-02-19
110.70 m at BA4A!
-
- Gallery
- Public Data 1
Please refresh the page to get the table below properly rendered.
WORK IN PROGRESS
All data summarized here are preliminary working data sets, i.e. especially depths and initial descriptions may be not consistent yet through all tables.
- Public Images 1
Please refresh the page to get the table below properly rendered.
All data summarized here are preliminary working data sets, i.e. especially depths and initial descriptions may be not consistent yet through all tables.Images Low Res. High Res. 1 Cores
Hole-1A,GT1
Rolled
24-Jul-20172-156 2-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121-130
131-140
141-150
151-1562 Cores
Hole-2A,GT2
Rolled
24-Jul-20171-151 1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-58
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121-130
131-140
141-1513 Cores
Hole-3A,GT3
Rolled
24-Jul-20171-156 1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121-130
131-140
141-150
151-1564 Cores
Hole-4B,BT1B
Rolled
24-Jul-20174-126 4-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121-1265 Core Overviews
All-Cored-Holes
03-Dec-20171A,GT1
2A,GT2
3A,GT3
4B,BT1B- 6 Archive Boxes
All-Cored-Holes
22-Nov-20171A,GT1
2A,GT2
3A,GT3
4B,BT1B- - Data Description
Please refresh the page to get the table below properly rendered.
The Data Description shows the metadata or column specifications of the used data tables. During the defined moratorium period, the data tables are only accessibly for registered Science Team Members (STM) of this project after successful login.
Data Files Last Update 1 All Data All Data 12-Jul-2018
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.Kelemen, P. B.; Matter, J. M.; Teagle, D. A. H.; Coggon, J. A.; Oman Drilling Project Science Team; (2020):College Station, TX, International Ocean Discovery Program.Kelemen, P. B.; Matter, J. M.; Teagle, D. A. H.; Coggon, J. A.; Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2020):Proceedings Of The International Ocean Discovery ProgramYao, Y; Takazawa, E; Chatterjee, S; Richard, A; Morlot, C; Creon, L; Al–Busaidi, S; Michibayashi, K; Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2020):High Resolution X–ray Computed Tomography And Scanning Electron Microscopy Studies Of Multiphase Solid Inclusions In Oman Podiform Chromitite: Implications For Post–entrapment Modification doi:10.2465/jmps.191008Journal Of Mineralogical And Petrological Sciences 115Lods, G.; Roubinet, D.; Matter, J.M.; Leprovost, R.; Gouze, P.; Oman Drilling Project Science Team. (2020):Groundwater Flow Characterization Of An Ophiolitic Hard-rock Aquifer From Cross-borehole Multi-level Hydraulic Experiments. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125152Journal Of Hydrology 589 125152Faak, K. (2019):Oman Drilling Project: Cooling Rates Of The Lower Oceanic Crust Determined From Diffusion Chronometry. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2019 35-36Müller, S.; Zihlmann, B.; Coggon, R.M.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Teagle, D.A.H.; Wenke, H.; Koepke, J. (2019):The Role Of Hydrothermal Fault Zones In The Lower Oceanic Crust: Evidence From Wadi Gideah (OmanDP Drill Site, Samail Ophiolite, Oman). doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2019 55Zihlmann, B.; Müller, S.; Coggon, R.M.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Teagle, D.A.H. (2018):Hydrothermal Fault Zones In The Lower Oceanic Crust: An Example From Wadi Gideah, Samail Ophiolite, Oman. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.09.008Lithos 323 103-124Mock, D.; Ildefonse, B.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Müller, S.; Neave, D.A.; Koepke, J.; Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 Science Party (2018):Understanding Lower Crust Accretion At Fastspreading Mid-ocean Ridges: New Insights From Drill Cores Obtained By The ICDP Oman Drilling Project: First Results. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 63-64Müller, T.; Hasenclever, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Koepke, J.; Hoernle, K. (2018):A Crystallization-Temperature Profile Through Paleo-Oceanic Crust (Wadi Gideah Transect, Oman Ophiolite): Application Of The Ree-In-Plagioclase-Clinopyroxene Partitioning Thermometer& Implications For A Refined Crustal Accretion Model. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2018 64-65Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Koepke, J.; Müller, S.; Müller, T.; Strauss, H. (2017):Trace Element Systematics In Gabbros From The Wadi Gideah Transect (Wadi Tayin Massif, Oman Ophiolite) ? Constraints On Accretion Processes In Fast-spread Oceanic Crust. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 61-62Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Müller, S.; Mock, D.; Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2017):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 86-87Mock, D.; Ildefonse, B.; Koepke, J.; Müller, T.; Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2017):ICDP Oman Drilling Project: Crystallographic Preffered Orientations In The Lower Crust - The Wadi Gideah Transect. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 108-109Müller, T.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Tramm, F.; Hoernle, K. (2017):Hydrous Lower Oceanic Crust: Continuous Activity Of Seawater-derived Fluids At Very High To Medium Temperatures ? Records From The Oman Ophiolite (Wadi Gideah, Wadi Tayin Massif). doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 110-111Müller, T.; Koepke, J.; Grabe-Schönberg, C.D.; Dietrich, M.; Bauer, U.; Wolff, P.E. (2017):Anatomy Of A Frozen Axial Melt Lens From A Fast-spreading Paleo-ridge (Wadi Gideah, Oman Ophiolite). doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.11.022Lithos 273-275 31-45Rempfert, K.R.; Miller, H.M.; Bompard, N.; Nothaft, D.; Matter, J.M.; Kelemen, P.; Fierer, N.; Templeton, A.S. (2017):Geological And Geochemical Controls On Subsurface Microbial Life In The Samail Ophiolite, Oman. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00056Frontiers In Microbiology 8:56Mock, D.; Ildefonse, B.; Koepke, J.; Müller, T.; Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2016):ICDP Drilling Project In Wadi Gideah (Oman): Crystallographic Preferred Orientations In The Gabbro Section. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2016 88-89Bieseler, B.; Diehl, A.; Jöns, N.; Bach, W. (2015):Constraints On Cooling Of The Lower Ocean Crust From Epidote Veins In The Wadi Gideah Section, Oman Ophiolite. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2015 28-30Müller, T.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Strauss, H.; Ildefonse, B. (2015):Petrological And Geochemical Investigation Related To The -Wadi Gideah- Cross-section In The Southern Oman Ophiolite: Constraints On Fast-spreading Crust Accretion Processes In The Frame Of The ICDP Project -The Oman Drilling Project-. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2015 98-100Müller, T. (2015):A Petrological And Geochemical Cross Section Of Lower Crust At The Wadi Gideah (Samail Ophiolite): Implications For The Crustal Accretion At Fast-spreading Mid-ocean Ridges. doi:Dissertation University HannoverMueller, T. (2015):A Petrological And Geochemical Cross Section Of Lower Crust At The Wadi Gideah (Samail Ophiolite): Implications For The Crustal Accretion At Fast-spreading Mid-ocean Ridges. doi:Dissertation University Hannover; Université MontpellierGarbe-Schönberg, D.; Müller, S. (2014):Journal Of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2014(6) 990-1000Koepke, J.; Berndt, J.; Horn, I.; Fahle, J.; Wolff, P.E. (2014):Partial Melting Of Oceanic Gabbro Triggered By Migrating Water-rich Fluids: A Prime Example From The Oman Ophiolite. doi:10.1144/sp392.10Geological Society Of London, Special Publication 392 195-212Bieseler, B.; Jöns, N.; Bach, W. (2014):Metasomatic Epidote Veins, Diopsidite And Rodingite Dikes: Witnesses Of Fluid Flow In The History Of Formation And Emplacement Of The Oman Ophiolite. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2014 35-36Müller, T.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Strauss, H. (2014):Formation Of Fast-spreading Oceanic Crust: Petrological And Geochemical Investigation Of The -Wadi Gideah- Cross Section In The Oman Ophiolite. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2014 97-99Müller, T.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Wolff, P.E.; Strauss, H. (2013):Formation Processes Of Fast-spreading Oceanic Crust: Evidence From The -Wadi Gideah- Cross Section In The Oman Ophiolite. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2013 144-145Wolff, P.E.; Koepke, J.; Feig, S.T. (2013):The Reaction Mechanism Of Fluid-induced Partial Melting Of Gabbro In The Oceanic Crust. doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2013/0025-2314European Journal Of Mineralogy 607 279-298Brune, S.; Autin, J. (2013):The Rift To Break-up Evolution Of The Gulf Of Aden: Insights From 3D Numerical Lithospheric-scale Modelling. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.06.029Tectonophysics 25(3) 65-79Kelemen, P.; Al Rajhi, A.; Godard, M.; Ildefonse, B.; Koepke, J.; MacLeod, C.; Manning, C.; Michibayashi, K.; Nasir, S.; Shock, E.; Takazawa, E.; Teagle, D.A.H. (2013):Scientific Drilling And Related Research In The Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate Of Oman. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.15.10.2013Scientific Drilling 15 64-71Müller, T.; Wolff, P.E.; Koepke, J.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Strauss, H. (2012):The -Wadi Gideah- Cross Section In The Southern Oman Ophiolite: A Reference Profile For The Fast-spreading Oceaniccrust? doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2012 123Koepke, J.; Kelemen, P.; Al Rajhi, A.; Arai, S.; Bach, W.; Blackman, D.; Ceuleneer, G.; Coogan, L.; Godard, M.; Goldstein, S.L.; Gouze, P.; Hirth, G.; Hofmann, A.; Jamtveit, B.; Langmuir, C.; MacLeod, C.; Manning, C.; Matter, J.; Michibayashi, K.; Miller, (2011):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2011 96-97Koepke, J.; Schoenborn, S.; Oelze, M.; Wittmann, H.; Feig, S.T.; Hellebrand, E.; Boudier, F.; Schoenberg, R. (2009):Petrogenesis Of Crustal Wehrlites In The Oman Ophiolite: Experiments And Natural Rocks. doi:10.1029/2009GC002488Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10 1-26
- WorkshopsUNESCO,SQU Workshop: International Conference on Ophiolites and the Oceanic Lithosphere
Results of the Oman Drilling Project and Related Research
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
from January 12 to 14, 2019
---Announcement
Oman Ophiolite Drilling Project - ICDP Workshop:
Scientific Drilling of the Samail ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman:
Past and present processes in crust and mantle from an oceanic spreading center
Palisades NY, USA
from September 13 to 17, 2012
---Report
---Presentations
Oman Ophiolite Drilling Project - IODP Workshop:
Geological carbon capture and storage in mafic and ultramafic rocks
Muscat, Oman
from January 7 to 10, 2011
---Report
---Abstracts
