Penn State Researchers play leading role in the first IODP riser drilling

Professor Demian Saffer served as co-chief of Expedition 319 of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) that conducted drilling operations at three drill sites in the Nankai Trough offshore Japan. At the first site, located directly above the seismogenic zone where great earthquakes occur, scientists conducted the first riser drilling in the IODP history and successfully drilled down to a depth of 1,603.7 meters beneath the sea floor (click here for full article).