North and Central America
- Map of North and Central America
- Anadarko Basin (Oklahoma, U.S.A.)
- Bighorn Basin (U.S.A.)
- Blue Hole (Belize)
- Cape Cod (U.S.A.)
- Chesapeake Bay (U.S.A.)
- Chicxulub (Mexico)
- Chicxulub 2 (Mexico)
- Colorado (U.S.A.)
- Colorado 2 (U.S.A.)
- Cornell University (U.S.A.)
- Death Valley (U.S.A.)
- Hawai'i (U.S.A.)
- Koolau (U.S.A.)
- Lake Chalco (Mexico)
- Lake Izabal (Guatemala)
- Lake Petén Itzá (Guatemala)
- Lead (U.S.A.)
- Long Valley (U.S.A.)
- Mallik (Canada)
- Newberry (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey (U.S.A.)
- Nicaragua
- Oklahoma (U.S.A.)
- San Andreas Fault (U.S.A.)
- Sevier Basin (U.S.A.)
- Snake River (U.S.A.)
- Sudbury (Canada)
- U.S. Atlantic Margin (USA)
- Western North America (USA)
- Geologic age: Quaternary
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 1(4)
- Drilled length: 1250.2 M
- Cored length: 1127.2 M
- Core recovered, length: 1042.3 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 92.47%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 83.37%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
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Http://lagodechalco-unam.com.mx/ (External Web)
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Http://chalco.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
- Project Link
Project Link - Deep drilling of the Chalco Basin, Valley of Mexico
http://chalco.icdp-online.org and http://mexidrill.icdp-online.org
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
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2016-04-03
After finishing packing the crates of gear and core at ...2016-04-03 postedAfter finishing packing the crates of gear and core at ...
After finishing packing the crates of gear and core at ...
Image: After finishing packing the crates of gear and core at UNAM, the last day in Mexico. Thanks to all, especially Doug and Ryan [Photo by Maga] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-04-02
Repacking the pickup for MexiDrill's final departure from the field ...2016-04-02 postedRepacking the pickup for MexiDrill's final departure from the field ...
Repacking the pickup for MexiDrill's final departure from the field ...
Image: Repacking the pickup for MexiDrill's final departure from the field area: 2 April 2016. [Photo by Erik Brown] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-04-01
Usinger coring near-surface sediments. [Photo by Blas Valero Garces] (MexiDrill2016-04-01 postedUsinger coring near-surface sediments. [Photo by Blas Valero Garces] (MexiDrill
Usinger coring near-surface sediments. [Photo by Blas Valero Garces] (MexiDrill
Image: Usinger coring near-surface sediments. [Photo by Blas Valero Garces] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-31
Preparing for Usinger coring of upper part of the Chalco ...2016-03-31 postedPreparing for Usinger coring of upper part of the Chalco ...
Preparing for Usinger coring of upper part of the Chalco ...
Image: Preparing for Usinger coring of upper part of the Chalco sequence. [Photo by Peter Fawcett] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-30
El momento cumbre cuando el turno nocturno alcanzó la meta ...2016-03-30 postedEl momento cumbre cuando el turno nocturno alcanzó la meta ...
El momento cumbre cuando el turno nocturno alcanzó la meta ...
Image: El momento cumbre cuando el turno nocturno alcanz? la meta de 500 m. Felicidades! [Photo by Iv?n Mart?nez, al otro lado de la c?mara] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-29
Margarita Caballero and Byron Steinman discussing core from 455m depth. ...2016-03-29 postedMargarita Caballero and Byron Steinman discussing core from 455m depth. ...
Margarita Caballero and Byron Steinman discussing core from 455m depth. ...
Image: Margarita Caballero and Byron Steinman discussing core from 455m depth. With the smaller NQ corer we getting through a basaltic sequence. [Photo by Erik Brown] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-27
Popocatépetl was sending up ash and fumaroles this morning...2016-03-27 postedPopocatépetl was sending up ash and fumaroles this morning...
Popocatépetl was sending up ash and fumaroles this morning http://www.cenapred.gob.mx/cgi-bin/popo/reportes/ultrepi2.cgi). ...
Image: Popocat?petl was sending up ash and fumaroles on Easter Sunday morning (http://www.cenapred.gob.mx/cgi-bin/popo/reportes/ultrepi2.cgi) - perhaps a good omen as we are back on track with coring [photo: Erik Brown] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-26
Drinking glasses to re-use in the science tent. Trying to ...2016-03-26 postedDrinking glasses to re-use in the science tent. Trying to ...
Drinking glasses to re-use in the science tent. Trying to ...
Image: Drinking glasses to re-use in the science tent. Trying to reduce our environmental footprint [Photo by Erik Brown]. (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-25
Problems with penetrating vesicular basalts (perhaps scoria) at about 425m ...2016-03-25 postedProblems with penetrating vesicular basalts (perhaps scoria) at about 425m ...
Problems with penetrating vesicular basalts (perhaps scoria) at about 425m ...
Image: Problems with penetrating vesicular basalts (perhaps scoria) at about 425m depth are slowing us down and wearing out drill bits [Photo by Erik Brown and Dervla Kumar]. (MexiDrill on facebook)
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2016-03-24
Building a temporary water tank to help assure we have ...2016-03-24 postedBuilding a temporary water tank to help assure we have ...
Building a temporary water tank to help assure we have ...
Image: Building a temporary water tank to help assure we have sufficient water for drilling during the coming Easter holidays. [Photo by Erik Brown] (MexiDrill on facebook)
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- Data Description
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Data Files Last Update 1 All Data All Data 04-Mar-2016
Please open Operational Report for more details.
- Operational Report
Lozano-García, S.; Brown, E.; Ortega-Guerrero, B.; Caballero-Miranda, M.; Werne, J.; Fawcett, P.; Schwalb, A.; Valero-Garcés, B.; Schnurrenberg, D.; O’Grady, R.; Stockhecke, M.; Steinman, B.; Carbral-Cano, E.; Caballero, C.; Sosa-Nájera, S.; Soler, A.M.; Pérez, L.; Noren, A.; Mybro, A.; Bücker, M.; Wattrus, N.; Arciniega, A.; Wonik, T.; Watt, S.; Kumar, D.; Acosta, C.; Martínez, I.; Cossio, R.; Ferland, T. (2017):
Perforación profunda en el lago de Chalco: reporte técnico.
Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 69(2)
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.(No data returned by database query)
- WorkshopsScientific Drilling of the Lake Chalco, Basin of Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
on March 4 to 8, 2012
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