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Priority:
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Primary
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Position:
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56°36.695′N, 11°42.361′E
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Water depth (m):
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34.2
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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214
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Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
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220
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Seismic coverage:
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Primary line(s): GeoB06-012, SP 4760
Crossing line(s): GeoB06-015 (projected; distance 450 m), SP 6812, SES-96 parametric sediment echosounder
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Imagery:
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No photography or video available.
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Sampling:
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No marine drilling, but land drilling (Lykke-Andersen et al., 1993), gravity Core 318270-3 (FS Merian Cruise MSM-01).
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Objectives (see text for details):
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1. To recover the most complete sediment sequence covering the Saalian (MIS 6), Eemian (MIS 5e), and early Weichselian (MIS 2–4 and MIS 5a–5d).
2. Thick Holocene sediments can also be expected. |
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Drilling Program:
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Up to 3 × APC to refusal, XCB to target depth and up to 5 short cores to capture the upper 0.75 m of the sequence undisturbed. One additional core for the deep biosphere theme.
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Downhole logging program:
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Standard logging suite: neutron-porosity, lithodensity, gamma ray, resistivity, acoustic, and formation image.
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Anticipated lithology:
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Holocene mud, contourites (?), glacial varved clays, clayey tills, and Eemian mud.
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