Abstract
Multinational efforts in continental scientific drilling have been coordinated since 1996 within the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP). The concept for this program was developed in response to an urgent requirement of the geoscience community for scientific drilling as a critical tool for a better understanding of fundamental Earth processes and structure. The program is based on commingled funding and international cost sharing, in addition to the joint international character of the science teams and sharing of technologies and know-how. It concentrates on topics of high international priority, and drilling projects are conducted at locations of global geological significance. The organization of the ICDP is simple and flexible comprising an independent review board, as well as an executive and an oversight committee. Administration assistance and a substantial operational support are provided voluntarily by the GFZ Potsdam in Germany. Funding is provided by a growing number of member countries, usually through national funding agencies.
ICDP fosters proposals through international workshops to assist in the development of a drilling proposal. In the first ten years of operations, 31 such workshops have been funded and have resulted in a total of 19 ICDP-supported and successfully executed drilling projects. Thematically the activities center around paleoclimate investigations, earthquake and volcanism research, impact events, geodynamics, and on unusual energy resources. A wealth of scientific results from these drilling and Earth observation projects has been published in scientific journals. Engineering, on-site science, and data management technologies developed within the past projects are another important component of ICDP. Based on an international conference in 2005, a refined science strategy for the future of program has been developed and is discussed in detail in the chapters that follow in this volume.
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Harms, U., Emmermann, R. (2007). History and Status of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program. In: Harms, U., Koeberl, C., Zoback, M.D. (eds) Continental Scientific Drilling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68778-8_1
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