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doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.318.2008

Site summaries (continued)

Proposed Site WLRIS-03A

Priority:	Alternate
Position:	64°47.47817′S, 143°55.83114′E
Water depth (m):	3140
Target drilling depth (mbsf):	950
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):	1000 (approved by TAMU safety panels based on EPSP Dec 2005 recommendation)
Survey coverage:	• Site survey data outlined in Proposal 482-Full3 (available at iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/wilkes_land.html) • Track map (Fig. AF6) • Seismic profile (Fig. F13), crossing seismic profile (Fig. AF7)
Objective (see text for full details):	Climate variability during late Neogene–Quaternary
Drilling, coring, and downhole measurement program:	See "Proposed Site WLRIS-04A"
Anticipated lithology:	Fine-grained hemipelagites, turbidites, and contourites

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