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Priority:
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Primary
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Position:
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40°4.00′N, 47°43.00′W
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Water depth (m):
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4250
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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200, possibly 400
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Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
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Request 800; pending EPSP approval
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Survey coverage:
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•Primary line: KNR 179-1, Line 46, SP 218 1915
•Crossing lines: KNR 179-1, Line 49, SP 221 0753
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Objective:
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Lower Eocene to upper Eocene/Oligocene carbonate ooze and calcareous claystone; Eocene hyperthermals; middle and late Eocene impacts; early Eocene warm period and transition to icehouse; Eocene/Oligocene boundary in an expanded drift deposit; refined cyclostratigraphic timescale and magnetic chronology; middle of depth transect.
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Coring program:
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•Hole A: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf with orientation
•Hole B: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf
•Hole C: APC/XCB to 300 mbsf
•See “Drilling strategy” and Tables T1, T3
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Wireline logging program:
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•If deeper drilling, logging with triple combo and FMS-sonic
•See “Downhole measurements strategy” and Tables T1, T3 |
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Anticipated lithology:
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Carbonate ooze, hemipelagic clay, shallow-water carbonates
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