Simple, affordable, and sustainable borehole observatories for complex monitoring objectives

Kopf, A.; Freudenthal, T.; Ratmeyer, V.; Bergenthal, M.; Lange, M.; Fleischmann, T.; Hammerschmidt, S.; Seiter, C.; Wefer, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-99-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-99-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-99-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Research article

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18 May 2015

Research article |

| 18 May 2015

Simple, affordable, and sustainable borehole observatories for complex monitoring objectives

A. Kopf, T. Freudenthal, V. Ratmeyer, M. Bergenthal, M. Lange, T. Fleischmann, S. Hammerschmidt, C. Seiter, and G. Wefer

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RC C287: 'Review comments on manuscript gi-2014-21 by Achim Kopf et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jan 2015
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RC C321: 'general, specific and technical comments', Beth Orcutt, 15 Mar 2015

Short summary

Seafloor drill rigs are remotely operated systems that provide a cost-effective means to recover sedimentary records of the upper sub-seafloor deposits. Recent increases in their payload included downhole logging tools or autoclave coring systems. Here we report on another milestone in using seafloor rigs: the development and installation of shallow borehole observatories for the MARUM-MeBo seafloor drill developed at University of Bremen, Germany.