The ocean drilling program leg 183 penetrated igneous basement to depths of approximately 150 to 200 m at several morphologically and tectonically diverse locations on the LIP, formed by the Kerguelen Plateau/Broken Ridge in the Southeast Indian Ocean. Includes a complete electronic copy of the report, available for download.

Brief article about geophysicists who have drilled several holes deep into the floor of the Indian Ocean, to better understand some of the worlds' most enigmatic rocks.

Evidences of a refractory mantle percolated by basaltic melts and of the formation of granulites in an oceanic setting.