| Title | Mission to Drill Deepest Hole in Mantle Ends Short of Goal | |
| Date | Saturday February 06 2016, @04:08PM | |
| Author | cmn32480 | |
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| from the crust-should-be-flaky-like-apple-pie dept. | ||
Back in the beginning of December the JOIDES Resolution, a scientific drilling vessel, began Expedition 360 to drill the deepest hole into the Earth and reach the mantle. The Expedition ended at the end of January with a 789 meter hole, which is short of their goal of 1300 meters. They do have the distinction of having drilled the 5th deepest hole into the solid crust, and they did return both the longest single piece and the widest single piece of hard rocks recovered for scientific purposes. They hope to be able to return to the drill site to continue drilling in a future expedition.
The next expedition for the JOIDES Resolution started on January 30, and will run through March 31, 2016.
Expedition 361: South African Climates will drill core six sites on the southeast African margin and Indian–Atlantic ocean gateway to better understand the relationship between the Agulhas Current -- the strongest western boundary current in the Southern Hemisphere -- and the development of climate in southern Africa during the Pliocene/Pleistocene periods.
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