Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-99-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-4-99-2015
Research article
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18 May 2015
Research article |  | 18 May 2015

Simple, affordable, and sustainable borehole observatories for complex monitoring objectives

A. Kopf, T. Freudenthal, V. Ratmeyer, M. Bergenthal, M. Lange, T. Fleischmann, S. Hammerschmidt, C. Seiter, and G. Wefer

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Seafloor drill rigs are remotely operated systems that provide a cost-effective means to recover sedimentary records of the upper sub-seafloor deposits. Recent increases in their payload included downhole logging tools or autoclave coring systems. Here we report on another milestone in using seafloor rigs: the development and installation of shallow borehole observatories for the MARUM-MeBo seafloor drill developed at University of Bremen, Germany.