Drilling Into the Mantle: The Kola Superdeep Hole

JUL 02 2026

Drilling Into the Mantle: The Kola Superdeep Hole

Engineering account of the Soviet Kola SG-3 borehole, which reached 12,262 m between 1970 and 1992. Covers the drilling technology and why the rock behaved unexpectedly at depth.

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