[KSDB] KSDB - Kola Superdeep Borehole

UNESCO IGCP 408: „Rocks and Minerals at Great Depths and on the Surface“

ICDP-Topics:
Climate & Ecosystems


Year of Application: 1998

Expedition ID: 5016

Current Status: completed

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Master Data

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Kümpel (PI)

Prof. Dr. Friedemann Wenzel (Scientific Participant)

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Latitude: 69°23'48''N
Kontinente:

Europe

Regionen & Städte:

Kola Peninsula

Longitude: 30°36'36''W
Länder:

Russian Federation

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Related DFG-Projects

[Kümpel] Hydraulische Eigenschaften der supertiefen Kola-Bohrung, Rußland (1999 - 2002)


Description

The Kola Superdeep Borehole (KSDB-3) reached a final depth of 12,261 m. It was drilled since the seventies in the framework of the programme "Investigation of the continental crust by means of deep drilling" of the former USSR. The main borehole (and several complementary ones) intersected the entire sedimentary-volcanic sequence of the Lower Proterozoic Pechenga Formation (0 - 6,842 m) and a considerable part (6,842 - 12,261 m) of the Archean granitic-metamorphic complex of the basement (gneisses, amphibolites, migmatites and granitoids).

Related Publications

Smithson, S.B., Wenzel, F., Ganchin, Y.V., Morozov, I.B. (2000). "Seismic results at Kola and KTB deep scienti®c boreholes: velocities, re¯ections, ¯uids, and crustal composition" Tectonophysics 329 p301-317