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    Workshop Report Writing Group
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    The workshop on “Reaching the Mantle Frontier: Moho and Beyond” was held at the Broad Branch Road Campus of the Carnegie Institution of Washington on 9–11 September 2010. The workshop attracted seventy-four scientists and engineers from academia and industry in North America, Asia, and Europe.Reaching and sampling the mantle through penetration of the entire oceanic crust and the Mohorovičić discontinuity (Moho) has been a longstanding goal of the Earth science community. The Moho is a seismic transition, often sharp, from a region with compressional wave velocities (Vp) less than 7.5 km s-1 to velocities ~8 km s-1. It is interpreted in many tectonic settings, and particularly in tectonic exposures of oceanic lower crust, as the transition from igneous crust to mantle rocks that are the residues of melt extraction. Revealing the in situ geological meaning of the Moho is the heart of the Mohole project. Documenting ocean-crust exchanges and the nature and extent of the subseafloor biosphere have also become integral components of the endeavor. The purpose of the “Mantle Frontier” workshop was to identify key scientific objectives associated with innovative technology solutions along with associated timelines and costs for developments and implementation of this grandchallenge.
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    2011-03
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    Workshop Report Writing Group. (March 2011). Executive summary: "Mantle Frontier" workshop. Scientific Drilling, (51-55. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7970

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    Workshop Report Writing Group. "Executive summary: "Mantle Frontier" workshop". Scientific Drilling. . (51-55.), March 2011. August 11, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7970.
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    Workshop Report Writing Group, "Executive summary: "Mantle Frontier" workshop," Scientific Drilling 11, no. (March 2011), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7970 (accessed August 11, 2022).
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    Workshop Report Writing Group. Executive summary: "Mantle Frontier" workshop. Scientific Drilling. March 2011; 11() 51-55. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7970. Accessed August 11, 2022.
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