Data management for the US continental scientific drilling program
A special concern of the US Continental Scientific Drilling Committee (CSDC) was that opportunities for obtaining information from scientifically interesting holes drilled, or planned, might be lost. The Committee endorsed (1) piggyback experiments in holes of opportunity to maximize the information returned per drilling dollar, and (2) making maximum use of geologic information, geophysical and geotechnical data, and samples already obtained. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) established a database cataloging all DOE drilling information. This database was soon expanded to include all federal drilling, e.g., by the Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey, and eventually to include all discoverable scientifically valuable holes proposed or drilled in the US. A network has been established of individuals sympathetic to the Committee's goals, especially State Geologists, to alert LLNL of these drill holes. Holes are selected and sorted from the database on one or more parameters including location, depth, purpose, information obtained, and principal investigator who may be contacted regarding the hole. Over 350 requests have been filled, and examples of these and the several piggyback experiments arranged in holes of opportunity are discussed, as is a study related to a national drill core repository. 1 reference, 4 figures.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6092478
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-89690; CONF-840820-2; ON: DE85007083
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 27. international geological congress, Moscow, USSR, 4 Aug 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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