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- Contents
- Title page
- Publisher’s notes
- Introduction
- Operations plan/Drilling strategy
- References
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 Tables
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Figures
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Site summaries
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Appendix figures
- AF1. Bathymetry, Sites GC-01A and GC-09A.
- AF2. Line FADO L-38, Site GC-01A.
- AF3. Line P74-45, Site GC-09A.
- AF4. Bathymetry, Sites GC-04C, GC-04D, GC-10B, and GC-10C.
- AF5. Line S81A-16, Sites GC-04C and GC-04D.
- AF6. Bathymetry, Site GC-02B.
- AF7. Line Tasyo L-8, Site GC-02B.
- AF8. Bathymetry, Site GC-11A.
- AF9. Line HE91-20, Site GC-11A.
- AF10. Bathymetry, Site WI-01B.
- AF11. Line PD00-522, Site WI-01B.
- AF12. Lines Steam-9407 and BS-09, Site SHACK-04A.
- AF13. Line BS09, Site SHACK-04A.
- AF14. Line Steam-9407, Site SHACK-04A.
- AF15. Line CADIZ-21, Sites GC-10B and GC-10C.
- PDF file
- See Expedition 339 Scientific Prospectus (September 2011)
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Site summaries
Site GC-01A
| Priority: |
Primary site |
| Position: |
Lat 36°49′41.29″N (36.828136°), Long 7°45′19.63″W (–7.7554527°)
(WGS 84) |
| Water depth (m) |
566 |
| Target depth (mbsf): |
526 |
| Approved maximum penetration (mbsf): |
526 |
| Previous drilling in area: |
None |
| Comments: |
Jurisdiction: Portugal
Potential hazards: shallow gas, shallow-water flow, soft seabed, strong currents |
| Survey coverage
(track map, seismic profile) |
• Bathymetric sketch and site location with seismic lines position on the contourite depositional system (Fig. AF1)
• Sparker seismic reflection profile (Line FADO L-38) across the Faro-Albufeira Drift (Fig. AF2).
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| Objectives
(see text for complete details): |
• Recover complete Quaternary sedimentary record.
• MOW upper core
• Related to scientific objectives (1) Influence of the Gibraltar Gateway, (2) MOW paleoceanography and global climate significance, (3) sea level changes and sediment architecture
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| Drilling/coring program: |
Double APC to refusal, then single XCB/RCB to 526 mbsf
Temperature measurements: APCT-3 |
| Downhole logging program: |
Standard tools: triple combo, FMS-sonic, VSI |
| Anticipated lithology: |
Sands, silts, and clays |
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