{"id":8885,"date":"2022-11-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/geoblog\/?p=8885"},"modified":"2022-11-04T09:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:43:51","slug":"reaching-the-earths-mantle-a-dive-into-the-depths-of-its-continents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/geoblog\/en\/2022\/11\/reaching-the-earths-mantle-a-dive-into-the-depths-of-its-continents\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching the\u00a0\u00a0Earth’s mantle: a dive into the depths of its continents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The continental crust makes up 41% of the Earth’s surface. Because of its thickness, its deepest areas remain unknown, although they play a fundamental role in the global cycles occurring between the Earth’s surface and the mantle.<\/strong> The DIVE project<\/a> ims to unveil the secrets of these transition<\/strong> processes. How?<\/strong>  Thanks to two boreholes of about 1 km deep in the region of thegeological zone known as Ivrea-Verbano (Piedmont, Italy).<\/strong>  After five years of preparation, UNIL scientists are finally on the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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