Priorities for a national program of continental drilling for scientific purposes

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6956457· OSTI ID:6956457

The two reports, Continental Drilling and Continental Scientific Drilling Program, form a basis for this report and provide comprehensive discussions of the subject of continental drilling for scientific purposes in a number of research areas. The purpose of this report is to present a specific recommendation of the Continental Scientific Drilling Committee on where the first deep hole dedicated to scientific exploration of the continental crust in the United States should be located. The most accessible and feasible hypothesis to test is the one of thin-skinned tectonics; the southern Appalachians, where the thrusting of crystalline rocks of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont Provinces over early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks is postulated, represents the best location for this drilling project. This hypothesis is of fundamental importance to the understanding of the evolution of continents. 4 refs.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Continental Scientific Drilling Committee
• Sponsoring Organization: DOD; DOE/ER; NSF; USGS
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-82ER12018; FG01-80ER10670
• OSTI ID: 6956457
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/12018-T16; ON: DE90010508
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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