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doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.342.2011

Site summaries (continued)

Site SENR-19B

Priority: Primary
Position: 41°40.00′N, 49°18.00′W
Water depth (m): 2470
Target drilling depth (mbsf): 250
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf): Request 300; pending EPSP approval
Survey coverage: •Primary line: KNR 179-1, Line 27, SP 210 1637
•Crossing line: KNR 179-1, Line 24, SP 209 2120
Objective: Shallow end of depth transect; lower Eocene to upper Eocene pelagic cap; record of early Eocene warm period; transition to icehouse climate; middle and late Eocene impacts; Eocene hyperthermals.
Coring program: •Hole A: APC/XCB to 250 mbsf with orientation and APCT-3
•Hole B: APC/XCB to 250 mbsf
•Hole C: APC/XCB to 250 mbsf
•See “Drilling strategy” and Tables T1, T2
Wireline logging program: •NA
•See “Downhole measurements strategy” and Tables T1, T2
Anticipated lithology: Carbonate ooze, hemipelagic clay, shallow-water carbonates