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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 6d

📢 @icdpdrilling.bsky.social Proposal Call for Pre-, Workshop, Full and our NEW ❗Fast-track Proposals is now open

📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026
📧 Submit via: [email protected]

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 7d

We are busy in Finland🌏: now at the DEEP EGS workshop (Espoo, Finland) aiming at deep geothermal energy exploration in crystalline rock 🪨 + post-drilling assessment & experiments in the St1 Deep Heat Reservoir, Finland👍
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 13d

ICDP Workshop FlankED now on in Catania (Italy)👉 >50 international scientists exploring our understanding on how deep scientific drilling can reveal the physical mechanisms & triggers of volcano flank sliding 🌋
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 20d

At the #ICDP2025TrainingCourse, Riikka Kietäväinen shares insights into fluid research from the Outokumpu deep drilling site in Finland.

This investigation is key to understanding fluid-rock interactions, microbial life in the deep biosphere, and broader geochemical cycles.
#ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 20d

What’s flowing deep beneath the surface? ⬇️

Thomas Wiersberg is leading a deep dive into advanced borehole fluid sampling and monitoring at the #ICDP2025TrainingCourse.

OLGA, U-Tube, and gas membrane sensors, key tools for characterizing fluid composition, origin, and movement in the subsurface.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 20d

Advancing the future of scientific drilling! 🔥 Amazing week @ ICDP 2025 Training Course (Weinan, PCR).
Diving into drilling engineering, logging, core management & visual science communication 👍Thanks to all @ WEIHE Project & IEECAS for a very special training week👏

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 21d

ICDP is busy @ GEO4Göttingen 25 (Germany) 👉 Session on Latest Achievements in Scientific Ocean and Continental Drilling ⚡

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 22d

Today, award-winning artist Will Leung is workshopping with our #ICDP2025TrainingCourse participants. We're reviewing and discussing the powerful photos taken yesterday at the WEIHE drill site!

#ScienceCommunication #VisualStorytelling #SciComm #Outreach #Photography #Geoscience #WEIHE

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 22d

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse Day 4. How does a global scientific idea become a reality? 💡

This morning, Leila Rezaei is unpacking exactly that! She's guiding us through the vision, structure, and international collaboration process behind the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 22d

Team ICDP 2025 in action! 💥

From the classroom to the drill site.🤩

The course is still going strong in Weinan!

More updates to come. Follow the journey! 👇 #ICDP2025trainingCourse #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 23d

Ai Li is briefing us on what to expect at the WEIHE drilling site, an active ICDP project studying East Asian monsoon evolution and tectonic-climate interactions.

Nothing beats seeing theory put into practice!

Next stop: the drill rig!

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #WEIHEProject#ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 23d

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse DAY 3: Simona Pierdominici is guiding us through the world of downhole logging and borehole testing.

Measurement principles and data interpretation in both sedimentary and crystalline rocks!

Next stop: the WEIHE drilling site! 🚧

#DownholeLogging #Weinan #Geoscience

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 24d

Nicolas Waldmann is now leading a fascinating session on Lacustrine Sediment Coring — revealing how lake sediments serve as archives of past climate and environmental changes.

Another step toward mastering the full spectrum of scientific drilling!

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 24d

Let's get into the core of the matter! 🧠🔩

Jan-Erik Rosberg is captivating the room with his expertise on continuous wireline coring techniques.

How to retrieve samples with maximum integrity?

A masterclass in precision engineering for science!

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 24d

First up: a warm welcome and diving deep into the fundamentals of drilling engineering.

SAID KAMRANI😍

Follow our journey this week!
#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #Weinan #Science #Geoscience #DrillingEngineering

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 24d

The moment is here! 👏 Day 2 of the ICDP 2025 Training Course is about to begin.

Our participants are arriving, grabbing their seats, and getting ready.

Let’s get this started! 🧠💥
#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #Weinan #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 24d

The ICDP 2025 Training Course is officially underway! 🚀

What a fantastic icebreaker evening in Weinan!

High energy in the room as our participants from around the world connected over a delicious welcome buffet.

The excitement is palpable!

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 26d

The countdown is ON! 🚀

The ICDP 2025 Training Course in Weinan is just around the corner.

Get ready for deep-dive learning sessions, unforgettable networking, and practical skills to power your career!

Excited? Comments below pls! 👇

#ICDP2025TrainingCourse #Weinan #ScientificDrilling

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Sep 8

@gfz.bsky.social has taken over HiPerCoRig (High-Performance Coring Rig)👍 an innovative lake drilling system developed to extract drill cores at water depths of up to 200 metres. Available soon to science research teams requiring continuous core drilling!

ℹ️ More info: www.gfz.de/en/press/new...

Drilling under water

High-Performance Coring Rig (HiPerCoRig): TU Braunschweig supports GFZ with special drilling rig

www.gfz.de

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Sep 2

And another project finalized 🎉! Congratulations to GOE-DEEP (Gabon)- End of Phase 01!
Final depth of 459.6 meters at the final (8th) Lebaye hole.
Core recovery of 96% ⚡ 2717 m of precious core in only 3 months👍
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Sep 2

icdpdrilling.bsky.social is busy⚡ Packing our bags & goodies for our Training Course in Weinan (PCR) from 14–20 Sept: sessions on drilling project skills🔥 & hands-on experience @ ICDP Weihe Basin Deep Drilling Project 👍

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congrats 🎉 BVDP project (South Africa) finalized! Final depth: 1877.2 m depth on 23rd August 25. Congratulations to the successful team! 👍 Important goals achieved⚡now preparing for sampling and for publishing exciting new insights into the Bushveld Complex! ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Aug 20

Event in German: Österreich in ICDP und IODP-Programmen. Beitrag zur integrativen Erdsystemwissenschaft.

📅 When: 9 October 2025, 13:30H–19:00H
📍 Where: Theatersaal, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, Vienna

For more information, visit: www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...

#ICDP #IODP

Internationale Tiefbohrprogramme & Österreichs Beiträge

Die österreichische Mitgliedschaft an den internationalen Tiefbohrprogrammen ICDP & IODP eröffnet Erdsystemwissenschafter:innen hierzulande außergewöhnliche Forschungsperspektiven. Bei einem Symposium...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Aug 20

GOE-DEEP drilling project (Gabon): ready to start on hole 8 in Lebaye 👍 to examine Okondja Subbasin stratigraphy, enhancing our understanding of athmosphere oxygenation & upper ocean layers + aerobic microbial ecosystems evolution during the Paleoproterozoic 🌍
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · Aug 19

Conference Call: 5th Arab and Africa Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference AICAC V (Ghana) + excursion to Bosumtwi impact crater

When: November 9-15, 2025
Where: Accra, University of Ghana

Abstract Deadline: Sept 5, 2025
More info: aicacv.org
Contact: christian.koeberl(at)univie.ac.at