IODP

doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.327.2010

Site summaries (continued)

Proposed Site GRB-3A

Priority: Secondary
Position: 47°17.434′N, 128°1.823′W
Water depth (m): 2660
Target drilling depth (mbsf): 209 (100 m sediment, 9 m basement)
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf): Pending approval
Survey coverage: GeoB00-170: CDP 2783 (Track Map and Seismic Profile Fig. F6)
Objective: Define changes in chemical and microbial processes in a crustal fluid recharge zone at Grizzly Bare outcrop
Drilling and Logging program: • 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
Nature of rock anticipated: Turbidites (sand, silt, clay) and hemipelagic mud, overlying basalt