Operations plan for the Katmai drilling project
Sattler AR. 1990. Operations plan for the Katmai drilling project. Sandia National Laboratories. Albuquerque, NM. SAND 90-2988
This document describes the operations, logisitics, and permitting requirements for constructing three scientific core holes in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park in Alaska. Two of the core holes will be located close to Novarupta Dome near the center of the historic volcanic eruption of 1912. One core hole near the dome will be drilled vertically to approximately 4, 000 feet. The other core hole will be deviated 30 degress from the vertical hole and will reach a depth of approximatley 3, 300 feet. The third core hole will be remote from the dome site, will also be deviated 30 degrees, and will reach a depth of 660 feet. The objectives of the proposed core holes are to determine the chemical and physical behavior of magma in its host rock during eruptions and intrusion, to determine the source, mechanism, and conditions of metals transport, and to measur ethe current subsurface temperature distribution to test modals for the cooling of igneous systems.