Data holdings from the SAFOD Project can be accessed on the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Intercontinental Drilling Program (ICDP), and the Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC) websites
EarthScope Data
Seismic Data GPS Data SAFOD Data Borehole Strainmeter Data Long-baseline Strainmeter Data
Phase III Core Atlas Ver. 4
SAFOD Phase III Core Viewer
Phase 3 Core Run Images
Sidetrack E 10306 Region
Sidetrack G 10480 Region
Sidetrack G 10830 Region
SAFOD Phase 3 Drilling Core Samples
Phase 3 drilling core samples were recently collected in two different sidetracks from the Main Hole (see figure below).
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The cores were collected from 3 different regions. First, two successful coring runs were conducted within sidetrack 'Hole E' starting around 10306 feet or 3.14126 km in measured depth. Then within sidetrack 'Hole_G', 3 coring runs were made across each of two actively creeping faults at 10,480 ft M.D. and 10,830 ft MD. Each core was cut into approximately 3 foot sections. Follow the links at the left to see and download the high resolutions images of the cores. For sections that the core could easily be removed from the aluminum core barrel, the scanned images include both front and back views.
