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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 21h

Eric Leonard from Colorado College is accessioning 21 cores collected in the Canadian Rockies between 1979 and 2004. The material will be split and archived in our repository to support future research.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Aidan Brennan from Western Washington University is splitting cores collected in the Cascades of northern Washington to understand the timing, rate of motion, and morphology of deep seated slope deformations. Field photo by Alex Grant, USGS

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GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division @gsa-csd-division.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The CSD's Town Hall at GSA Connects will occur on Sunday, Oct. 11 from 6:30-9:30 PM in the Hyatt Regency Denver Centennial Ballroom B! We hope to see you there!

The Continental Scientific Drilling Division's Town Hall and Reception at GSA connects will happen on Sunday, October 11, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Denver in Centennial Ballroom B. Meet division officers and community scientists for updates on CSD activities, the opportunity to meet and network with your colleagues! Refreshments will be provided.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Connecting Science 🌍 in Samani at the ICDP Horoman Workshop: International and Japanese scientists gathered in Samani, Japan, near UNESCO Global Geopark Mt. Apoi, to define scientific targets for drilling and CO₂ injection in the Horoman peridotite ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THAW Workshop Call (Yellowknife, NWT Canada): Thawing of permafrost and cryosphere-associated gas hydrates by Arctic warming 📍February 24-27, 2027, Yellowknife, NWT Canada ℹ️ MORE INFO: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-... 👉 WORKSHOP CALL PDF: www.icdp-online.org/fileadmin/Ne...

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY | ICDP Education & Outreach Science Coordinator 🌍 Interested in supporting international scientific drilling education and outreach? Find out more and submit your application here: www.gfz.de/en/career/jo... 📅 Application deadline: 14 Oct. 2026

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

VGSP Isabel Strachan from McGill University is sampling cores from lakes in Guatemala for analysis of fecal stanols. She will compare census data with the human waste indicators to see if quantitative demographics can be determined from the sediment proxy.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The ICDP DeepDust team has already collected 2151 feet of core from the Permian sediments of western Oklahoma. The cores record the history of equatorial Pangea during a crucial time of environmental change on Earth.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

VGSP Julia Bradshaw and Victoria Toriello from University of Connecticut and Aspen Hein from University of Oklahoma are sampling cores from Lake Tanganyika as part of the NSF BoCP project. The studies will allow for more detailed reconstructions of past environments and future changes in the lake

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Marta Wojewódka-Przybył from the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, is sampling sediment cores collected from Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. She will analyze remains of tiny crustaceans to reconstruct how lake biological communities responded to climatic changes.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tyler Karp and Ella Wood from the University of Chicago are sampling archived cores collected in the Pittsburgh Basin in southern Illinois in 1995. This is a pilot study to determine if lipid biomarkers in the sediment can detect the differences in the population densities of large herbivores.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

VGSP Oluwatunmise Akanmu from Georgia Southern U has split and described the cores he collected in Blue Ridge Lake, a reservoir formed following dam construction in 1930. He will combine sedimentological observations with geochemical analysis to study nutrient storage and environmental change.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Trans Amazon Drilling Project team has finished splitting and sampling their cores from the 925 m deep borehole at Marajo, Brazil. Sample analysis will continue at the researcher's home institutions for phytoliths, charcoal, diatoms, ostracods, pollen, fish fossils and other geochemical proxies.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

CSD Facility staff are in the field in Turkana, Kenya supporting planning for the TARGET project. We are working on site selection, water access, camp planning, community engagement initiatives, and relationship development: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This month 25 team members from 15 institutions and 5 countries are working to process 734 meters of core collected at the second drill site for the Trans Amazon Drilling Project. Initial results from their first site have been published in Scientific Drilling: sd.copernicus.org/articles/35/...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Researchers from Washington University in Saint Louis are sampling cores collected from lakes Lachuá and Amatitlán in Guatemala for leaf waxes which will help them reconstruct Holocene hydroclimate and ecosystem changes.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

CSD Facility staff presented at the ICDP Workshop DeepCHB: Deep Chew Bahir Drilling Project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This project aims to drill deep enough to access the base of the Quaternary, enabling detailed reconstructions of the region’s climatic, ecological, and anthropogenic evolution.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Researchers from the University of Kentucky are splitting gravity cores collected from Lake Tanganyika. Ancient environmental DNA and other proxies will be analyzed from subsamples of these cores to study the food web dynamics of this critical East African fishery.

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GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division @gsa-csd-division.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The deadline for the 2026 CSD Research Support Grant has been extended! Applications are now due July 10, 2026 at 5pm EST. CSD will offer a grant-making program designed specifically to support early career scientists conducting research in areas that touch the CSD mission.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

CSD Facility staff collected cores with the Kentucky Geological Survey in Lake Metropolis, Paducah, KY. They are investigating changes since European colonization, flood events, and heavy-metal pollution. The lake sits in the Ohio River floodplain, ~100 km before the confluence with the Mississippi.

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 09/06/2026

The Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule that would politicize federal science grantmaking, replacing scientific rigor with ideological gatekeeping. AGU President Brandon Jones on why it's important to make your voices heard: spklr.io/6011E3zfZ

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In Oct 2023, U Kentucky researchers and CSD staff cored Jackson Lake in Grand Teton Nat. Park. Underwater landslide deposits in the cores record earthquakes on the Teton fault that will help reconstruct the timing, magnitude, and recurrence intervals for assessing future quakes youtu.be/cZ3jjZYGWV0

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Jackson Lake Uwitec Coring

In October 2023, researchers from the University of Kentucky joined colleagues from Continental Scientific Drilling Facility to core the deepest parts of Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park,…

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Amarbat Otgonganbat from SUNY ESF is sampling cores he collected in Lake Dood Tsagaan, Mongolia to analyze biogenic silica and diatom taxonomy to determine whether water quality changes over the past few hundred years could be responsible for the decline in the endangered humpback whitefish.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

VGSP Lina Cabrera Saenz from Florida Inst of Tech is describing cores from Ecuador and Peru in regions with a long history of human occupation. She will use XRF data to study the ecological legacies of cultivation and forest management in Amazonia. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We are excited to roll out the zero waste program in the lab! facilities.umn.edu/our-services/waste-recycling-reuse/zero-waste

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We are hiring a new lab manager to operate the XRF core scanner in Duluth. Responsibilities include operating the XRF, interfacing with users, and overseeing data management. Requires regular travel between Duluth and Minneapolis - Apply now to join the team! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/373...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Charlie Alavi from Western Kentucky University is sampling 13 cores collected during different projects in Jackson Lake, WY to isolate charcoal fragments preserved in the sediment. Charlie will compare their results with the historical record of fire activity in the area.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Students in Jill Coleman Wasik's Environmental Analysis at University of Wisconsin River Falls visited the lab to split and describe the cores they collected at Twin Lakes, WI this past winter.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

INVITATION: Joint ICDP/ECORD Townhall Meeting 2026 📍 Location: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna 📅 Date: Monday 4 May 2026 ⏰ Time: 19:00 CEST (7 PM), 18:30 Arrival of Guests 📌 Mark your calendar and join us for an inspiring experience at EGU26!

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We’ve arrived at #EGU26 and the ICDP booth is ready! Doors open tomorrow — come find us in the exhibition hall. 🕙 Mon–Thu 10:00–18:00 | Fri 10:00–13:00 #ICDP #ScientificDrilling #EGU26

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Check out the NAS report on a Synthesis Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events. It examines how paleo data inform understanding of extreme events, reviews existing repositories and resources and identifies key considerations for a new center: nationalacademies.org/publications/29290

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Geomicrobiology Working Group has published a perspective article in FEMS Microbiology Ecology aimed at those who have an interest in the geomicrobiology of the subsurface, for funding agencies, and engineers engaged in the extractive and waste disposal industries: doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Subsurface microbiology and the pressing societal need to support future exploration

Subsurface microbiology is evolving from basic observations to experimental research, yet infrastructure challenges hinder progress. The deep biosphere rem

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Due TODAY! Apply for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Due tomorrow! Apply for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

VGSP Will Vuyk from Penn State is splitting frozen cores collected on Ossabaw Island off the coast of Georgia. This interdisciplinary project seeks to explore the legacy of 5,000 years of water management through landscape modification on modern freshwater species distribution and ecology.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Apply this week for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Use the weekend to apply for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Apply now for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

VGSP Kasey Rodriguez from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is processing pollen from cores collected in 2022 in Sardinia. This study will extend the paleoclimatic record of Sardinia back 25,000 years and help researchers contextualize the history of stone age human occupation.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Apply now for a Visiting Graduate Student Program travel grant to visit the CSD Facility and work on your cores: cse.umn.edu/csd/visiting...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The CSD Hydrology and Critical Zone Working Group has published a review in Hydrological Processes synthesizing emerging research objectives to evaluate drilling techniques, sampling strategies, downhole logging approaches, long-term monitoring, and analytical methods. dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp....

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Drilling Within the Critical Zone

This review synthesises 30 years of critical zone drilling methodologies for studying subsurface weathering, water storage, and biogeochemical processes. We evaluate drilling techniques, sampling…

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sadie Southwell and Paige Kohler from Michigan State University are sampling cores for paleomagnetic data - this time from the Eastern Basin of Lake Erie. The project focuses on understanding past biogeochemical cycling in the Great Lakes to inform future restoration and water management targets.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Intense discussions in ICDP's Science Advisory Group on the 23 proposals submitted to ICDP by January 15... #ICDP #ScientificDrilling

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Drew Osman and Sarah Gibson from St. Cloud State University are using historical records and surface cores from Ann Lake, MN to identify sediment proxies that may highlight differences on the residential and the Sand Dunes State Forest sides of the lake.

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Applications are due April 6 for the upcoming ICDP training course in Germany in June. Topics include borehole logging, drilling engineering, sample/data management, and ICDP project planning. www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...

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ICDP Training Course 2026 - Application Call

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

📢The call to apply for the ICDP Training Course 2026 is out! 📅 7–12 June 2026 📍 Geocenter KTB in Windischeschenbach (Germany) ℹ️ Application Call: tinyurl.com/5dtv9urp 👉Apply by 06 April 2026 ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Corelyzer is an application for core image and data visualization that enables fast and reliable inspection of core lithologies and associated data at any location and scale, improving and facilitating interpretation. New tutorials are up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJN1...

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Corelyzer Tutorial 9 Display Setup

Configure Corelyzer for use on multi-display systems. Includes examples of CSD Facility configurations.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📣 Don't forget to register! Worksop: HOROMAN DC Horoman Mantle Drilling and Carbon Injection WHEN: 25-28 August 2026 (Hokkaido, Japan) DEADLINE: 8 May 2026 Details here: www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...

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CSD Facility @csdfacility.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

CSD technician takes subsamples of rock cores from Unaweep Canyon, Colorado for Shannon Dulin from University of Oklahoma for paleomagnetic analysis.

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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📢 Announcement: ICDP 2026 Training Course 📍 KTB Site, Germany 📅 7–12 June 2026 ✈️ Travel & accommodation support ℹ️ Info & updates: www.icdp-online.org/support/upco... 🤩 Celebrate ICDP's 30th anniversary with us! Applications open soon‼️ #ICDP2026TrainingCourse #ScientificDrilling #Geoscience

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