IODP Expedition 301 Installs Three Borehole Crustal Observatories, Prepares for Three-Dimensional, Cross-Hole Experiments in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean
Introduction and Goals The basaltic upper oceanic crust comprises the largestaquifer on Earth, containing a volume of water about equalto that currently stored in ice sheets and glaciers. Annualfluid fluxes through the upper oceanic crust are at leastas large as the global river flux to the ocean....
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2005-09-01
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| Series: | Scientific Drilling |
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| Online Access: | http://www.iodp.org/images/stories/downloads/sd1_05.pdf#page=6 |