Report on the ICDP workshop DIVE (Drilling the Ivrea–Verbano zonE)
The Ivrea–Verbano Zone is the most complete, time-integrated crust–upper mantle archive in the world. It is a unique target for assembling data on the deep crust and the Moho transition zone and testing several hypotheses of formation, evolution, and modification of the continental crust through...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Scientific Drilling |
| Online Access: | https://www.sci-dril.net/23/47/2017/sd-23-47-2017.pdf |
| Summary: | The Ivrea–Verbano Zone is the most complete, time-integrated crust–upper
mantle archive in the world. It is a unique target for assembling data on
the deep crust and the Moho transition zone and testing several hypotheses
of formation, evolution, and modification of the continental crust through
space and time across the Earth. The ICDP workshop Drilling the
Ivrea–Verbano zonE (DIVE), held in Baveno, Italy, from 1 to 5
May 2017, focused on the scientific objectives and the technical aspects of
drilling and sampling in the Ivrea–Verbano Zone at depth. A total of 47
participants from 9 countries with a wide variety of scientific and/or
drilling expertise attended the meeting. Discussion on the proposed targets
sharpened the main research lines and led to working groups and the
necessary technical details to compile the full drilling proposal. The
participants of the workshop concluded that four drilling operations in the
Val Sesia and Val d'Ossola crustal sections represent the scientifically
most promising solution to achieve the major goals within DIVE to unravel
the physico-chemical properties and architecture of the lower continental
crust towards the crust–mantle (Moho) transition zone. |
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| ISSN: | 1816-8957 1816-3459 |