Bore Hole Water Studies, Hole 396B During Re-entry Experiment

该奖项将支持对深海钻井中流体的研究。具体来说，该项目将利用法国的一个研究项目，将仪器放入10年前钻的洞中。使用法国的“鹦鹉螺号”潜水器，一系列仪器将被放置在大西洋中脊的396号洞上方，然后下降到几百米深的洞里。根据该合同，斯克里普斯研究所的吉斯克斯博士将为法国再入系统提供水采样能力。对回收样品的分析将用于检查地壳中的流体流动、地层水对地壳岩石的改变以及海水流入洞中的可能性。这些数据将大大增加我们对地壳岩石中热液过程的理解。

This award will support a study of fluids in deep sea drill holes. Specifically, the project will take advantage of a French research project to place instruments in a hole which was drilled ten years ago. Using the French submersible Nautile a series of instruments will be positioned over hole 396 on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and then lowered up to several hundred meters into the hole. Under this award Dr. Gieskes of Scripps Institution will interface a water sampling capability into the French re-entry system. Analysis of the recovered samples will be used to examine fluid flow in the crust, alteration of crustal rocks by formation waters and the possibility that seawater may have been flowing into the hole. The data will add substantially to our understanding of hydrothermal processes in crustal rocks.