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Priority:
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Primary
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Position:
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41°37.00′N, 48°58.00′W
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Water depth (m):
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3300
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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300
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Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
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Request 600; pending EPSP approval
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Survey coverage:
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•Primary line: KNR 179-1, Line 22, SP 208 0637
•Crossing line: KNR 179-1, Line 25, SP 210 0120
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Objective:
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Upper middle of depth transect (entire section of Eocene strata is ~550 m thick at this site); early Eocene warm period; eocene hyperthermals; chemistry of Eocene deepwater. This is the shallowest highly expanded section of Eocene in the survey area, with excellent potential for very high sedimentation rates.
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Coring program:
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•Hole A: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf with orientation and APCT-3
•Hole B: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf
•Hole C: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf
•See “Drilling strategy” and Tables T1, T2
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Wireline logging program:
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•Hole C: Wireline logging with triple combo and FMS-sonic
•See “Downhole measurements strategy” and Tables T1, T2
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Anticipated lithology:
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Carbonate ooze, hemipelagic clay, shallow-water carbonates
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