CDEX plans to implement IODP Expedition 358: NanTroSEIZE Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4, beginning on 7 October 2018. The main expedition goal is to deepen riser hole C0002F/N/P from 3000 mbsf to the primary megathrust fault target at ~5200 mbsf, using logging-while-drilling (LWD), downhole measurements, and drill cuttings analysis extensively, in addition to limited coring intervals. This expedition will be the culmination of 10 years of IODP NanTroSEIZE deep drilling efforts to reach the plate interface fault system at seismogenic / slow slip depths.
IODP Site C0002 is the deep centerpiece of the NanTroSEIZE Project, intended to access the plate interface fault system at a location where it is believed to be capable of seismogenic locking and slip, and to have slipped coseismically in the 1944 Tonankai earthquake. This drilling target also is in close proximity to the location where a cluster of very low frequency (VLF) seismic events and the first tectonic tremor recorded in any accretionary prism setting has been found, all suggesting fault processes related to the up-dip limit of megathrust seismogenic mechanics are active here.
IODP Site C0002 is the deep centerpiece of the NanTroSEIZE Project, intended to access the plate interface fault system at a location where it is believed to be capable of seismogenic locking and slip, and to have slipped coseismically in the 1944 Tonankai earthquake. This drilling target also is in close proximity to the location where a cluster of very low frequency (VLF) seismic events and the first tectonic tremor recorded in any accretionary prism setting has been found, all suggesting fault processes related to the up-dip limit of megathrust seismogenic mechanics are active here.
◆Status
At Site C0002, this expedition reached 3262.5 meters below sea floor (1,939 m water depth) a new depth record in scientific ocean drilling.
In addition, core samples of 2.5 meters in total length were recovered from 2836.5 to 2848.5 meters below sea floor, also a new depth record in scientific ocean coring.
In addition, core samples of 2.5 meters in total length were recovered from 2836.5 to 2848.5 meters below sea floor, also a new depth record in scientific ocean coring.
◆Plan
Start: Move to Site C0002
Phase 1: BOP setting on the ocean bottom
- After moving vessel to Site C0002, riser Hole F/N/P, launch ROV (Remote Operating Vehicle) with transponders. Deploy total of 10 transponders as an array on the sea floor.
- Retrieve corrosion cap, place corrosion cap beside the well head by ROV.
- Run BOP and Riser.
- On the rig floor, prepare drill and make up tools and check connections.
- Retrieve corrosion cap, place corrosion cap beside the well head by ROV.
- Run BOP and Riser.
- On the rig floor, prepare drill and make up tools and check connections.
Phases 2 & 3: Ultra-deep drilling & Sample return from plate boundary
Phase 4: Onboard analysis
Completion!
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