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..