Main steps of the DIVE project so far
May, 2017 | ICDP-DIVE workshop in Baveno, Italy | read more.. |
October, 2017 | Pre-SEIZE - 1-km deep active seismic survey in Val Sesia | |
January, 2018 | DIVE Full drilling proposal submitted to ICDP (1st attempt) | |
January, 2020 | DIVE - Phase 1 Full drilling proposal submitted to ICDP (2nd attempt) | |
September, 2020 | DIVE - Phase 1 Full drilling proposal approved and partially funded by ICDP | |
October, 2020 | SEIZE and Hi-SEIZE – deep active seismic surveys in Val Sesia | |
January, 2021 | Gravimetric survey of the Balmuccia peridotite | |
June, 2021 | FWF (Austria) co-funds the project Phase 1 | |
September, 2021 | SNSF (Switzerland) co-funds the project Phase 1 | |
October, 2021 | Installation of a seismic monitoring network (INGV + UNIL) | |
December, 2021 | Opening of the tender for finding the Phase-1 contractor | read more.. |
February, 2022 | ICDP Workshop on Drilling Information System | read more.. |
June, 2022 | Contract signed with the drilling company | |
October, 2022 | Drilling started at 5071_1_B in Ornavasso! | read more.. |
November, 2022 | Drilling is ongoing in Ornavasso | read more.. |
December, 2022 | End of drilling and logging at DT-1b | |
February, 2023 | First sampling party started | read more.. |
October, 2023 | Drilling in 5071_1_A started | read more.. |
April, 2024 | End of drilling at 5071_1_A! | read more.. |
June, 2024 | Dive second sampling party successfully completed | read more.. |
July, 2024 | Dive 2024 Science Workshop | read more.. |
August, 2024 | 5071_1_A logging campaign completed! | read more.. |