Last night on Twitter, some of us geology-types (including Brian Romans, Yorrike, Volcanojw, Ron Schott, Cian Dawson) had a discussion about "big picture" geology projects. We're talking about the equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider or Hubble Space Telescope, but in the realm of geology. Now, there have been a few of these types of projects that could capture the imagination of the public - so examples of projects or proposed projects that might fit the bill:
Project Mohole: Originally launched in the 1950s, it was to drill into the mantle, a topic that comes up regularly.
Earthscope: This ongoing project is more-or-less disassembling the structure of North America. It consists of a moving system of seismic stations (amongst other experiments) to map the interior of the continent - from coast to coast.
Iceland Deep Drilling Program: Let's drilling a 4-5 km hole into Iceland, one of the more tectonically ...
