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Priority:
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Alternate
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Position:
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15.3061°N, 70.9032°E
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Jurisdiction:
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India
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Water depth (m):
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2685
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Target drilling depth (mbsf):
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450
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Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
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900
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Survey coverage (track map; seismic profile):
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Location map (Fig. F10)
Primary line(s): Line K-95-8B (Fig. F11)
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Objective(s):
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1. Reconstruction of oceanic and terrestrial monsoonal paleoclimate in the Arabian Sea and Indian Peninsula since the Oligocene
2. Reconstruction of oceanic and terrestrial premonsoonal paleoclimate in the Arabian Sea and Indian Peninsula in the Eocene and upper Paleocene |
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Drilling program:
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Triple APC to 200 mbsf
Double XCB to 450 mbsf |
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Logging and downhole measurement program:
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No logging program
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Nature of rock anticipated:
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Nannofossil and foraminiferal oozes
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