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Scientific Drilling In The Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate Of Oman (OODP)
Proposed in: 2014
- 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
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- 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
Workshop Done In 2012, Full Proposal Approved 2014; Phase 1: Drilling Winter 2016/17 Is Completed, Core Processing Summer 2017 On Chikyu; Phase 2: Drilling Winter 2017/18, Core Processing Summer 2018 On Chikyu Again
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All cooperating Repositories
Ophiolithic Rocks:
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Http://www.omandrilling.ac.uk/ (External Web)
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Http://oman.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
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OODP
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Project Link - Oman Drilling Project
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- Daily News
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2018-02-19
110.70 m at BA4A!
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- Public Data 1
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Hole-1A,GT1
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All-Cored-Holes
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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
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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
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Oman Ophiolite Drilling Project - IODP Workshop:
Geological carbon capture and storage in mafic and ultramafic rocks
Muscat, Oman
from January 7 to 10, 2011
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