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SAFOD borehole trajectory data in absolute coordinates (UTM) and in coordinates relative to drilling platform

hasData_Center_Short_Name
  • SDDB
hasDataset_Online_Resource
hasProject_Long_Name
  • San Andreas Fault-Zone Observatory at Depth
  • International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
hasDataset_Release_Date
  • 2007-08-02
hasDataset_Title
  • SAFOD borehole trajectory data in absolute coordinates (UTM) and in coordinates relative to drilling platform
hasEntry_ID
  • 10.1594/GFZ.SDDB.1081
hasKeyword
  • Azimuth
  • Dog Leg Severity
  • Easting (Departure)
  • Easting UTM NAD27
  • Inclination
  • Northing (Latitude)
  • Northing UTM NAD27
  • True Vertical Depth
  • Vertical Section
hasSummary
  • SAFOD is motivated by the need to answer fundamental questions about the physical and chemical processes controlling faulting and earthquake generation within a major plate-bounding fault. SAFOD will drill and instrument an inclined borehole across the San Andreas Fault Zone to a depth of 3.2 km, targeting a repeating microearthquake source. The drill site is located west of the vertical San Andreas Fault on a segment of the fault that moves through a combination of aseismic creep and repeating microearthquakes. It lies at the extreme northern end of the rupture zone of the 1966, Magnitude 6 Parkfield earthquake, the most recent in a series of events that have ruptured the fault five times since 1857. The Parkfield region is the most comprehensively instrumented section of a fault anywhere in the world, and has been the focus of intensive study for the past two decades. This data set contains SAFOD borehole trajectory data.
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