Priority:
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Alternate site
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Position:
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34°44.269’N, 159°22.620’E
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Water depth
(m):
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4196
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Target drilling
depth (mbsf):
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330 (230 m sediment, 100 m basement)
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Requested
maximum
penetration
(mbsf):
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~530 (300 m basement)
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Survey
coverage:
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Cruise TN037, R/V Thomas Thompson
• Seismic Line 13 (time: 2350Z, 21 Aug 1994) (Fig. AF27)
• Track map (Figs. AF25)
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Objective:
(see text
for details)
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• Core igneous basement from the late stage 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 or bit failure
• Wireline log (triple combo, FMS-Sonic)
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Anticipated
lithology:
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• 0–41 mbsf: pelagic ooze
• 41–230 mbsf: chalk with chert and limestone
• >230 mbsf: basalt
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