SALTON SEA SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM.

J.H. Sass; W.A. Elders

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SALTON SEA SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM.

J.H. Sass·W.A. Elders

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The Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project, was spudded on 24 October 1985, and reached a total depth of 10,564 ft. (3. 2 km) on 17 March 1986. There followed a period of logging, a flow test, and downhole scientific measurements. The scientific goals were integrated smoothly with the engineering and economic objectives of the program and the ideal of 'science driving the drill' in continental scientific drilling projects was achieved in large measure. The principal scientific goals of the project were to study the physical and chemical processes involved in an active, magmatically driven hydrothermal system. To facilitate these studies, high priority was attached to four areas of sample and data collection, namely: (1) core and cuttings, (2) formation fluids, (3) geophysical logging, and (4) downhole physical measurements, particularly temperatures and pressures.

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J.H. Sass, W.A. Elders. 1986. SALTON SEA SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT: SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM.. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70015705

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