Table T2. Operations plan, primary sites.
| Proposed site | Location (latitude, longitude) |
Seafloor depth (mbrf) |
Operations description | Transit (days) |
Coring/ drilling (days) |
Log (days) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | Begin Expedition | 5.0 | port call days | ||||||
| Transit ~1037 nmi to KB-2A@ 10.5 knots | 4.1 | ||||||||
| KB-2A | 59° 31.93' N | 721 | Hole A - APC to ~200 mbsf with orientation | 1.1 | |||||
| EPSP depth | 144° 8.03' W | Hole B - APC to ~200 mbsf | 0.6 | ||||||
| approved to | Hole C - APC to ~200 mbsf | 0.6 | |||||||
| 417 mbsf | Hole D - APC/XCB to 400 mbsf and Log w/ Triple Combo, FMS Sonic, VSI and MMM | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||||||
| All APC sections begin with non-magnetic core barrels. | |||||||||
| Subtotal Days on Site: | 5.1 | ||||||||
| Transit ~30 nmi to GOAL-15C@ 10.0 knots | 0.1 | ||||||||
| GOAL-15C | 59° 41.34' N | 261 | Hole A - APC ~250 mbsf, XCB ~1112 mbsf and Log w/ Triple Combo, FMS Sonic, and VSI | 4.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| EPSP depth | 143° 12.06' W | ||||||||
| approved to | |||||||||
| 1225 mbf | All APC sections begin with non-magnetic core barrels. | ||||||||
| Subtotal Days on Site: | 6.0 | ||||||||
| Transit ~12 nmi to GOAL-17B@ 8.0 knots | 0.1 | ||||||||
| GOAL-17B | 59° 30.44' N | 738 | Hole A - APC ~250 mbsf, XCB ~1032 mbsf w/ orientation and Log w/ Triple Combo, | 4.8 | 1.5 | ||||
| EPSP depth | 143° 2.74' W | FMS Sonic, and VSI | |||||||
| approved to | |||||||||
| 1045 mbsf | All APC sections begin with non-magnetic core barrels. | ||||||||
| Subtotal Days on Site: | 6.3 | ||||||||
| Transit ~62 nmi to GOA16-1A@ 10.5 knots | 0.3 | ||||||||
| GOA16-1A | 58° 46.61' N | 3703 | Hole A - APC ~200 mbsf, orientation and APCT3 measurements | 1.8 | |||||
| EPSP depth | 144° 29.60' W | Hole B - APC ~200 mbsf | 1.3 | ||||||
| approved to | Hole C - APC ~200 mbsf | 1.3 | |||||||
| 1100 mbsf | Hole D - APC/XCB to 978 mbsf and Log w/ Triple Combo, FMS Sonic, VSI and MMM | 7.6 | 2.1 | ||||||
| All APC sections begin with non-magnetic core barrels. | |||||||||
| Subtotal Days on Site: | 14.1 | ||||||||
| Transit ~137 nmi to GOA18-2A@ 10.5 knots | 0.6 | ||||||||
| GOA18-2A | 56° 57.60' N | 4188 | Hole A - APC ~200 mbsf, with orientation and APCT3 measurements | 2.0 | |||||
| EPSP depth | 147° 6.60' W | Hole B - APC ~200 mbsf | 1.4 | ||||||
| pending | Hole C - APC/XCB ~780 mbsf and Log with Triple Combo, FMS Sonic, VSI and MMM | 5.9 | 2.4 | ||||||
| approval | Hole D - APC/XCB to 425 mbsf | 3.5 | |||||||
| All APC sections begin with non-magnetic core barrels. | |||||||||
| Subtotal Days on Site: | 15.2 | ||||||||
| Transit ~1032 nmi to Victoria@ 10.5 knots | 4.1 | ||||||||
| Victoria | End Expedition | 9.3 | 38.0 | 8.7 | |||||
| Port Call Days: | 5.0 | Total Operating Days: | 56.0 | ||||||
| Subtotal on Site Days: | 46.7 | Total Expedition Days: | 61.0 | ||||||
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