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Education and Outreach DOSECC promotes scientific drilling through conferences, publications, newsletters, web, and offers research grants to college students and school teachers. -
Drilling Technology and Instrumentation DOSECC has several unique drilling systems and suites of sample collection tools that have been developed specifically for scientific projects. -
Planning and Budgeting DOSECC's engineers aid scientists in designing, budgeting, and drilling scientific projects. -
Technical Workshops DOSECC sponsors thematic workshops that allow investigators to bring together teams to organize proposals and solve engineering problems related to scientific drilling and sampling. -
Communications, Program Coordination and Integration DOSECC functions as the bridge between the scientific community and the drilling community.
Welcome to DOSECC
DOSECC (Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earths Continental Crust) is a not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to provide leadership and technical support in subsurface sampling and monitoring technology for addressing topics of scientific and societal importance. Fifty-six research organizations are members of DOSECC. Our goals are as follows:
- Facilitate and support cost-effective scientific drilling projects
- Link science and drilling technology
- Design, build and operate drilling systems
- Promote technology transfer and education
- Represent U.S. interests in the international scientific drilling community.
DOSECC News and Events
| Lake E publications Some of the first publications from Lake El'gygytgyn: NSF Press Release; Science Magazine article |
2012 ICDP Training Course on Lake Drilling October 15-19, 2012 at Lake Ohrid (Macedonia). Details available here. |
| Workshop Report Published The proceedings of DOSECC's 2011 Workshop, "Toward a Strategic Plan for U.S. Continental Scientific Drilling: Into a New Decade", is now available. Download |
Winkie Drill Now Available Small portable drilling system, the Winkie, now available for rent from DOSECC. |
DOSECC Newsletter Nov 2011 Just Published: DOSECC's November 2011 newsletter for the continental scientific drilling community. |
New Deep Lake Drilling System Launched Climate Change Studies Expanded with New Equipment Lake Drilling Platform Marks Important Step in Scientific Research Lakes are archives of climate history, and deep drilling in lakes has produced [ ... ] |
Current & Future Drilling Projects
Dead Sea Basin Drilling Project completed The Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan The Deep Lake Drilling System (DLDS) on 17 Nov 2010 was mobilized to the first drilling site; drilling began on 19 Nov 2010. A borehole in the deep basin of t [ ... ] |
Project HOTSPOT Completed The Snake River Scientific Drilling Project began in September 2010. This project will explore the interaction between the Earth's mantle and crust by collecting drill core at three sites in southern [ ... ] |
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