Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Marine Core Storage and Analysis Facility

Bermuda Core

In 1972, Researchers from Dalhousie drilled an 800m deep rock core on the northeastern part of the island of Bermuda. The core penetrated through 36 m of Pliestocene-aged limestone followed by 772m of volcanic igneous units dating to 33 million years ago. Materials from this core have been used in numerous publications and theses, listed below.  The core is available for study and limited sampling.

Contact

Thomas Duffett
Email: MacDuff@Dal.Ca
Phone: +1 902 494 3777
Fax: +1 902 494 6889
Cell: +1 902 478 2909 (text only)

List of publications on the Bermuda Core

Sampling the volatile-rich transition zone beneath Bermuda

Deep drill 1972. Heat flow and heat production in Bermuda

Deep Drill 1972. Potassium–Argon dating of the Bermuda drill core

Deep Drill 1972: a paleomagnetic study of the Bermuda Seamount

Deep Drill 1972 Revisited: New Data on the Composition and Age of the Bermuda Volcanic Edifice

Analysis of emplacement mode in basalt from Deep‐Sea Drilling Project Holes 319A and 321 using anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility

Origin of the Bermuda volcanoes and the Bermuda Rise: history, observations, models, and puzzles

Aumento, F., and JM ADEHALL. "DEEP-DRILL-1972-PETROLOGY OF BERMUDA DRILL CORE."  TRANSACTIONS-AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION. Vol. 54. No. 4. 2000 FLORIDA AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20009: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 1973.

Deep drill investigations of the oceanic crust in the North Atlantic

Brook, Kent. Deep secrets of a sun and surf resort in the Atlantic, Geology Today, September 2014.