Priority:
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Primary site
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Position:
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32°30.474’N, 159°14.082’E
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Water depth
(m):
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3477
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Target drilling
depth (mbsf):
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469 (169 m sediment, 300 m basement)
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Requested
maximum
penetration
(mbsf):
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~469 (300 m basement)
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Survey
coverage:
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Cruise TN037, R/V Thomas Thompson
• Seismic Line 14C (time: 1625Z, 23 Aug 1994) (Fig. AF19)
• Track map (Fig. AF13)
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Objective:
(see text
for details)
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• Deep core igneous basement from summit area of Southern High for petrographic, geochemical, isotopic, radiometric dating, and paleolatitude investigation.
• Determine the origin and emplacement history of Shatsky Rise basement rocks.
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Drilling,
coring, and
downhole
measurement
program:
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Hole A
• RCB wash to ~50 m above basement, core to TD (two bits needed and FFF deployment)
• Wireline log (triple combo, FMS-Sonic, and UBI)
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Anticipated
lithology:
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• 0–78 mbsf: pelagic ooze
• 78–169 mbsf: chalk with chert
• >169 mbsf: basalt
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