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doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.318.2008

Site summaries (continued)

Proposed Site WLSHE-13A

Priority:	Alternate for WLRIS-02A
Position:	64°0.04083′S, 139°49.14′E
Water depth (m):	3675
Target drilling depth (mbsf):	1000
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):	1000; pending review and approval by EPSP and TAMU Safety Panel
Survey coverage:	• Site survey data outlined in Proposal 482-Full3 (available at iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/wilkes_land.html): • Track map (Fig. AF20) • Seismic profiles (Figs. AF21, AF22)
Objective (see text for full details):	Distal record of the timing and nature of onset of glaciation and East Antarctic ice sheet evolution
Drilling, coring, and downhole measurement program:	See "Proposed Site WLRIS-02A"
Anticpated lithology:	Fine-grained hemipelagites, turbidites, and contourites

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