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Priority:
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Alternate
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Position:
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41°04.00′N, 49°17.00′W
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Water depth (mbrf):
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3540
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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400
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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(s): KNR 179-1, Line 53, SP 224 0850
•Crossing line: KNR 179-1, Line 31, SP 211 1451
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Objective:
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Upper middle of depth transect (the entire section of Eocene strata is ~100 m thick beneath ~100 m of Pleistocene, with >350 m of Cretaceous–Paleogene below this); early Eocene warm period; Eocene hyperthermals; chemistry of Eocene and Cretaceous deep water; Cretaceous OAEs; Cretaceous climate; K/P boundary; Cretaceous CCD.
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Coring program:
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•Hole A: APC/XCB to 400 mbsf with orientation and APCT-3
•Hole B: APC/XCB to 400 mbsf
•Hole C: APC/XCB to 400 mbsf
•See “Drilling strategy” and Tables T1, T3
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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, T3
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Anticipated lithology:
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Carbonate ooze, hemipelagic clay, shallow-water carbonates
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