Table
1. Leg 167 drill sites.
Site
Location
Position
Distance
from shore (km)
Water
depth
(m)Sediment
thickness drilled (mbsf)
Age
of
oldest sediment recoveredLinear
sedimentation rate range (mcd/m.y.)
Name
of transect
1010
Ocean
crust near Guadalupe Island
29°57.90īN
209
3465
209
middle
Miocene
5-24
Baja
South
1011
Animal
Basin
31°16.82īN
85
2033
276
late
Miocene
24-45
Baja
Coastal
South
1012
East
Cortes Basin
32°16.97īN
105
1783
274
late
Miocene
37-80
Coastal
South
1013
San
Nicolas Basin
32°48.04īN
115
1575
146
late
Pliocene
34-73
Coastal
South
1014
Tanner
Basin
32°49.99īN
155
1177
449
late
Miocene
27-214
Coastal
South
1015
Santa
Monica Basin
33°42.92īN
31
912
150
late
Pleistocene
South
1016
Pelagic
site, off Point Conception
34°32.41īN
148
3846
317
late
Miocene
10-72
Conception
South
1017
Santa
Lucia Slope
34°32.09īN
52
967
204
Pleistocene
118-204
Conception
Coastal
South
1018
Sediment
drift, south of Guide Seamount
36°59.30īN
76
2476
426
late
Pliocene
56-193
Coastal
North
1019
Eel
River Basin
41°40.97īN
59
989
248
Pleistocene
122-498
Gorda
North
1020
Eastern
flank, Gorda Ridge
41°00.05īN
167
3050
278
early
Pliocene
40-120
Gorda
North
1021
Outer
Delgada Fan
39°05.25īN
364
4215
310
middle
Miocene
10-40
Gorda
North
1022
Delgada
Slope
40°04.85īN
87
1927
388
Miocene?
~110
Gorda
Coastal
North
Note: Data from Lyle, Koizumi, Richter, et al., 1997.