Articles | Volume 32
https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-32-27-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-32-27-2023
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26 Oct 2023
Science report |  | 26 Oct 2023

Drilling into a deep buried valley (ICDP DOVE): a 252 m long sediment succession from a glacial overdeepening in northwestern Switzerland

Sebastian Schaller, Marius W. Buechi, Bennet Schuster, and Flavio S. Anselmetti

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In the frame of the DOVE (Drilling Overdeepened Alpine Valleys) project and with the support of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), we drilled and recovered a 252 m long sediment core from the Basadingen Through. The Basadingen Trough, once eroded by the Rhine glacier during several ice ages, reaches over 300 m under the modern landscape. The sedimentary filling represents a precious scientific archive for understanding and reconstructing past glaciations.
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