SAFOD Samples Studies

N	Investigators	Sample types	Research Summary	Data to be generated	Funding agency	Publications (abstracts and papers)
1	David Kirschner St. Louis University dkirschn@eas.slu.edu John Garver Union College garverj@union.edu	Washed & dried drill cuttings see samples distributed	Our study was initially focused on investigating the thermochronology of zircons from cuttings colle more	Fission-track dates, organic maturation (TOC, Rock-Eval, vitrinite reflectance), elemental data.	NSF	publications listed
2	David Kirschner St. Louis University dkirschn@eas.slu.edu Jim Evans Utah State University jpevans@cc.usu.edu Judy Chester Texas A&M chesterj@geo.tamu.edu Fred Chester Texas A&M chesterf@geo.tamu.edu	Core samples,Rock Fragments see samples distributed	J. Chester and F. Chester of TAMU, in collaboration with J. Evans (USU) and D. Kirschner (SLU) are a more	mineralogy, petrology, structure, elemental and stable isotopes	NSF	publications listed
3	Teng-Fong Wong SUNY Stony Brook Teng-fong.Wong@stonybrook.edu David Lockner USGS dlockner@usgs.gov Diane Moore USGS dmoore@usgs.gov Laurent Louis Université de Cergy-Pontoise laurent.louis@u-cergy.fr	Core samples,Other see samples distributed	The Stony Brook and Menlo Park laboratories have collectively acquired a comprehensive data set on t more	Mechanical deformation of intact samples Only a limited number of intact spot core samples from phases 1 and 2 are more	NSF-USGS	publications listed
4	Anja Schleicher University of Michigan aschleic@umich.edu Ben van der Pluijm University of Michigan vdpluijm@umich.edu Laurence Warr Univ. Strasbourg warr@illite.u-strasbg.fr	Core samples see samples distributed	In the future, we want to focus on the surface and fracture-coatings at specific depths, by combinin more	Major/minor elemental analyses X-ray texture analyses (XTG) SEM/TEM imaging Wet-cell X-ray diffraction spectra more	NSF-France	publications listed
5	Chris Marone Penn State cjm@geosc.psu.edu Demian Saffer Penn State dsaffer@geosc.psu.edu Harold Tobin Univ Wisconsion htobin@geology.wisc.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	We are conducting a comprehensive study of the processes and properties that affect mechanical behav more	Frictional strength, permeability, elastic properties, thermal properties (Rock mechanics data).	NSF	publications listed
6	John Solum USGS jsolum@usgs.gov Stephen Hickman USGS hickman@usgs.gov Diane Moore USGS dmoore@usgs.gov David Lockner USGS dlockner@usgs.gov	Washed & dried drill cuttings see samples distributed	Proposed Usage: XRD analyses of unwashed cuttings, for comparison with analyses already conducted o more	The serpentinite cuttings are being examined with an optical microscope, stereomicroscope, scanning electron micr more	USGS	publications listed
7	Colin Williams USGS colin@usgs.gov	Core samples,Washed & dried drill cuttings see samples distributed	a) Phase 2 spot core (run 7). Requesting 8 fragments from core at depths of 13,092 – 13,101 ft, eac more	Measurements of thermal conductivity and grain density, for interpretation of heat flow measurements in SAFOD.	USGS	publications listed
8	Ann Blythe USC blythe@usc.edu Roland Burgmann UC-Berkeley burgmann@seismo.berkeley.edu Ken Farley Caltech farley@gps.caltech.edu	Washed & dried drill cuttings see samples distributed	Analysis of rock samples from the 4-km-deep San Andreas Fault zone Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) dril more	Apatite Fission Track, Apatite (U-Th)/He, Zircon (U-Th)/He	NSF	publications listed
9	Bezalel Haimson University of Wisconsin bhaimson@wisc.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	True triaxial testing of prismatic specimens will determine rock strength under themost general stat more	triaxial mechanical properties	NSF	publications listed
10	Josep Pares University of Michigan jmpares@umich.edu Ben van der Pluijm University of Michigan vdpluijm@umich.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	attempt to orient core using paleomagnetic techniques	paleomagnetic directions, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, rock magnetism	Feasibility	publications listed
11	Robert Pottorf ExxonMobil robert.j.pottorf@exxonmobil.com Gordon Macleod ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company gordon.macleod@exxonmobil.com	Washed & dried drill cuttings,Rock Fragments see samples distributed	SAFOD Phase 1 drilling Fluid inclusion analysis a) 2-3 gram samples of washed and dried cuttings more	fluid inclusion volatile analysis	Exxon
12	K Brown UCSD kmbrown@ucsd.edu	Rock Fragments see samples distributed	Physical properties measured on Rubble or core fragments from 2 different intervals: one in Box 22 ( more	direct shear tests and ring shear stress	Feasibility
13	Ellen Platzman USC platzman@usc.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	Oriented 1" diameter x 1"long cores drilled with non-magnetic bit. Should contain no obvious lithic more	magnetic properties, NRM, IRM, ARM, AF demag, and thermal demag.	Feasibility
14	Jerry Magloughlin Colorado State University jerrym@cnr.colostate.edu	Core samples,Rock Fragments see samples distributed	5 oriented chips or 1-cm-thick cylinders from which thin and doubly polished thick sections can be more	doubly polished thin sections, photomicroscopy, SEM, fracture orientation, microthermometry, ESR spectra for deform more	Feasibility
15	David Goldsby Brown University david_goldsby@brown.edu Terry Tullis Brown University Terry_Tullis@brown.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	We are interested in measuring the frictional properties of SAFOD samples in the high-pressure rotar more	Given our interest in the frictional properties of SAFOD materials, our primary data product will be mechanical dat more	Feasibilty	publications listed
16	Martin Stute Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory martins@ldeo.columbia.edu Gisela Winkler LDEO winckler@ldeo.columbia.edu Tom Torgensen University of Connecticut thomas.torgersen@uconn.edu Peter Schlosser LDEO schlosser@ldeo.columbia.edu Shahla Ani LDEO shalaa@ldeo.columbia.edu	Core samples,Rock Fragments see samples distributed	sub coring for noble gas geochemistry	noble gas concentrations
17	Stephen Hickman USGS hickman@usgs.gov	Core samples,Thin sections,Rock Fragments see samples distributed	Samples used to create representative thin sections of core	Thin section photos on ICDP website. Thin sections are available for loan to interested PIs for non-destructive ana more	USGS
18	Christopher Spiers Utrecht Univ cspeirs@geo.uu.nl Martyn Drury Utrecht Univ martynd@geo.uu.nl Esther van Diggelen Utrecht Univ diggelen@geo.uu.nl	see samples distributed	We propose to conduct a series of high strain, rotary shear experiments on crushed and reconstituted more	• Rock friction data (rate and state fictional behaviour, strength recovery): -shear strength and coef more	ISES-Netherl
19	Francois Renard Universite Joseph Fourier Francois.Renard@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr Anne-Marie Boullier Universite Joseph Fourier, Anne-Marie.Boullier@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr Jean-Pierre Gratier Universite Joseph Fourier Jean-Pierre.Gratier@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr	see samples distributed	The requested samples have been chosen because they might have fossilized stress-enhanced fluid-rock more	To characterize such deformation mechanisms we propose to perform : - High resolution TEM images on serpentine cut more	CNRS+JFU	publications listed
20	Achim Kopf University of Bremen akopf@uni-bremen.de	see samples distributed		large-displacement rotary shear tests	German S.F.
21	Dan Faulkner University of Liverpool faulkner@liv.ac.uk Ernest Rutter University of Manchester ernie.rutter@manchester.ac.uk	Core samples see samples distributed	detailed permeability measurements at pressure of core recovered from the clay-rich shear zone from more	permeability measurements and microstructural/mineralogical characterization of the cores taken using XRD, SEM and more	NERC-UK
22	Rudy Wenk University of California wenk@berkeley.edu Marco Voltolini University of California voltolini@berkeley.edu	Core samples see samples distributed	In two publications (Lonardelli et al. 2007, Wenk et al. 2007) and a poster (Lonardelli et al 2006) more	The study will generate synchrotron diffraction images, captured with image plates. Hard radiation (0.1A) allows fo more	DOE-BES