Abstract

Drilling operations in the deep ocean basin are being conducted from the Glomar
Challenger to obtain core samples of the sediment and basement in water depths to
20,000'. This paper will summarize the results obtained and paper will summarize
the results obtained and the drilling techniques used on the first six legs of the
program. The summary includes discussions on the drill ship, dynamic positioning,
drilling equipment, drill string, positioning, drilling equipment, drill string, coring
equipment, techniques used to obtain the cores, electric logging and the results
obtained on the first six legs of this project.