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GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division
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Advancing scientific frontiers of Earth’s continental subsurface through drilling
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⏰ Deadline reminder - Applications for the i-CREATE Workshop close 19 December 2025!

Join us in Edinburgh 27 Apr - 1 May 2026 to develop new IODP3/ICDP drilling strategies for impact craters like Chicxulub & Nadir.

Limited to ~45 participants.

Details & application: icreate.site.hw.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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📢 Workshop CALL: Deep CHB (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Deep Chew Bahir Drilling Project

WHEN 📆 June 30th – July 3rd, 2026

CALL ▶️ www.icdp-online.org/fileadmin/Ne...

MORE INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Getting ready.... #AGU25
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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📢 Workshop CALL: HOROMAN DC (Hokkaido, Japan) Horoman Mantle Drilling and Carbon Injection

WHEN 📆 25-28 August 2026 (Hokkaido, Japan)

CALL ▶️ www.icdp-online.org/fileadmin/Ne...

INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Hey CSD community, we're looking forward to seeing you at GSA Connects this week in San Antonio, TX!

Please join us this Sunday for the CSDD town hall and reception!
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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ICDP Workshop FlankED now on in Catania (Italy)👉 >50 international scientists exploring our understanding on how deep scientific drilling can reveal the physical mechanisms & triggers of volcano flank sliding 🌋
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September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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We are busy in Finland🌏: now at the DEEP EGS workshop (Espoo, Finland) aiming at deep geothermal energy exploration in crystalline rock 🪨 + post-drilling assessment & experiments in the St1 Deep Heat Reservoir, Finland👍
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October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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📢 @icdpdrilling.bsky.social Proposal Call for Pre-, Workshop, Full and our NEW ❗Fast-track Proposals is now open

📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026
📧 Submit via: proposal.submission@icdp-online.org

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October 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Congrats 🎉 BVDP project (South Africa) finalized! Final depth: 1877.2 m depth on 23rd August 25. Congratulations to the successful team! 👍 Important goals achieved⚡now preparing for sampling and for publishing exciting new insights into the Bushveld Complex! ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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And another project finalized 🎉! Congratulations to GOE-DEEP (Gabon)- End of Phase 01!
Final depth of 459.6 meters at the final (8th) Lebaye hole.
Core recovery of 96% ⚡ 2717 m of precious core in only 3 months👍
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September 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The CSD Division is excited to announce our 2025-2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Kristine Pankow of the University of Utah!

You are welcome to invite her to talk at your colloquia by contacting kris.pankow@utah.edu or looking at the CSDD website (community.geosociety.org/%20continent...)
August 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Reminder: we are still seeking nominations and self-nominations for our CSD Distinguished Lectureship for the 2025-2026 academic year!
gsa-csd-division.bsky.social GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division @gsa-csd-division.bsky.social · Mar 11
We're seeking nominations and self-nominations for our CSD Distinguished Lectureship for the 2025-2026 academic year!
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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We are seeking applications for the CSD Research Support Grants!

The Continental Scientific Drilling Division of the Geological Society of America will offer a new grant-making program specifically to support early career scientists conducting research in areas that touch the CSD's mission.
The Continental Scientific Drilling (CSD) Division of the Geological Society of America will offer a new grant-making program designed specifically to support early career scientists conducting research in areas that touch the Continental Scientific Drilling division’s mission. Applications are due July 21st! We aim to provide bridge support for post-doctoral scholars and pre-tenure faculty at institutions of higher education in the USA to bolster scholarship and expand opportunities in an otherwise challenging federal funding ecosystem. This program may be renewed in future years depending on circumstances to be evaluated annually. Each grant will be valued at $12,500. Grants will be awarded competitively through an application process. Funds are reserved for research activities and may include costs associated with: fieldwork-related travel, fieldwork permitting, laboratory-related travel, laboratory analyses, student/technician salary support, field or lab consumables/supplies, conference/workshop travel, or similar. Applications should send the following as a single pdf document to michael.mcglue@uky.edu: (1) Name, Address, Current Position, Contact Info (2) Research Proposal, with emphasis on relevance and benefit of the proposed work to the CSD community (1 page max, single spaced, 12-pt font) (3) Statement of Need, including the identification and limitations of existing funding (1 page max, single spaced, 12-pt font) (4) Budget and Budget Justification (5) NSF-style Biographical Sketch (6) Letter of endorsement from department chair, affirming need Eligibility: (1) Post doctoral scholar or pre-tenure faculty in geoscience, geology, geophysics, earth science (or closely allied discipline) in U.S.-based higher education (2) Member of the Geological Society of America (3) Member of the Continental Scientific Drilling Division (4) Demonstration of need
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Reminder that we are looking for a new student representative! Any student member of @geosociety.bsky.social with an interest in continental drilling can apply!
gsa-csd-division.bsky.social GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division @gsa-csd-division.bsky.social · Jun 12
We're looking for a new student representative! Any student member of @geosociety.bsky.social with an interest in continental drilling can apply!
We are seeking a new Student Representative for the GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division! Applications are now open for the 2025-2027 position! We are looking for a Student Member Representative for the CSD Division! You do not have to be a member of the division at this time in order to apply-- this is open to any student member of GSA, regardless of division affiliation. This is a two-year commitment (10/2025 - 10/2027) and your primary responsibility will be to ensure that students' interests are well represented within the Division and to help promote the Division activities. Main responsibilities as a student representative include: Managing the CSD Division website and social media accounts (BlueSky/X, Instagram, etc). Helping to organize or propose field trips or short courses for the GSA annual meeting. Organizing and leading student social events, symposia, workshops, and other activities. Students can apply directly or can nominate another student. Faculty, please encourage your students to apply for this opportunity! To apply, please email Mike McGlue (mmmc234@g.uky.edu) or Lisa Park Boush (lisa.park_boush@uconn.edu) the following two items: Brief statement (max. 100 words) explaining your interests in the position and what you would like to contribute to the Division. Short CV indicating your past work/education, research/publication history, and any prior leadership and/or organizational experiences. To nominate someone else, email Mike McGlue (mmmc234@g.uky.edu) or Lisa Park Boush (lisa.park_boush@uconn.edu) with a brief statement about why the nominee should be considered.
July 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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BVDP Drilling Project (South Africa):approaching 1800 m👍 Microbiological sampling every 100 m with emphasis on peridotites at these depths, coordinated with additional noble gas sampling ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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GOE-DEEP borehole 3 finalized👍: 333m depth & cored in 7-day record time by the GOE-DEEP drilling project team🚀. Before moving to site 4, the team welcomes geology students 🎓 from the Masuku University of Science and Technology (Gabun) ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
July 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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KIND workshop last week in Potsdam (Germany): 65 scientists from all over the world gathered in Potsdam discussing ideas for scientific drilling of Lake Kinneret to address question of paleoclimate variability and its link to human evolution ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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ICDP GOE-DEEP drilling project in Gabon on the go: 👍 half-way down in 2nd hole on Okouma Plateau (Francevillian Basin, Gabon) intersecting gray shales/mudstones of FB1b, 142m reached ℹ️ More info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
June 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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We're hiring! We're looking for more lab technicians to join our team. Please share this posting with anyone in the Twin Cities area who may be interested!
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June 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Workshop Call PROTEA (South Africa):
Probing the heart of an earthquake and life in the deep subsurface
WHEN 📆 16-17 October 2025 (Klerksdorp, South Africa)
CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/2byy548c
MORE INFO ℹ️ tinyurl.com/5463nfsd
APPLY👉: forms.gle/Qzo7sebgGHve...
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Workshop Call 👉 DEEP EGS (Finland): Deep geothermal energy exploration in crystalline rock

📆 Sept 30 – Oct 2, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland

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May 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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🌋Hot news: Workshop Call 👉 FlankEd: Drilling the Deforming Eastern Flank of Mount Etna

WHEN 📆 24-27 September 2025 (Catania, Italy)

CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/4fhhhj6m

MORE INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

Application until 31 July 2025
June 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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ICDP M-JET workshop successfully finalized last week 👍 @ @ucoimbra.bsky.social in Figueira da Foz (Portugal): > 40 scientists discussing Middle Jurassic Earth System and Timescale research ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...
June 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM