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Priority:
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Secondary
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Position:
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47°17.237′N, 128°2.137′W
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Water depth (m):
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2660
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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59 (50 m sediment, 9 m basement)
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Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
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Pending approval
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Survey coverage:
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GeoB00-170: CDP 2837 (Track Map and Seismic Profile Fig. F6) |
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Objective:
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Define changes in chemical and microbial processes in a crustal fluid recharge zone at Grizzly Bare outcrop
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Drilling and Logging program:
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• APC to refusal and time permitting one XCB core into basaltic basement
• Sediments: core sediment section for geochemical and microbiological experiments, temperature measurements (SET, APCT3).
See "Operations plan/drilling strategy" and Table T3 |
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Nature of rock anticipated:
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Turbidites (sand, silt, clay) and hemipelagic mud, overlying basalt
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