12. SITE 1084¹

HOLE 1084A

Position: 25°30.8345'S, 13°1.6668'E

Start hole: 0310 hr, 21 September 1997

End hole: 0315 hr, 24 September 1997

Time on hole: 72.08 hr

Seafloor (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 2003.5

Total depth (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 2608.5

Distance between rig floor and sea level (m): 11.6

Water depth (drill pipe measurement from sea level, m): 1991.9

Penetration (mbsf): 605

Coring totals:

    Type: APC

    Number: 17

    Cored: 149.50 m

    Recovered: 156.80 m (104.88%)

    Type: XCB

    Number: 48

    Cored: 455.50 m

    Recovered: 354.76 m (77.88%)

Lithology:

    Subunit IA: foraminifer- and diatom-bearing nannofossil clay and foraminifer-bearing diatom-rich clayey nannofossil ooze

    Subunit IB: nannofossil-rich diatomaceous clay, clayey nannofossil ooze, and diatom-bearing clay

    Subunit IC: nannofossil-rich diatomaceous clay and nannofossil diatomaceous clay

    Unit II: clay-rich nannofossil diatom ooze, diatomaceous nannofossil ooze, and clay-rich nannofossil ooze

    Unit III: clay, nannofossil clay, and diatom-bearing nannofossil clay

    Unit IV: clayey nannofossil ooze, diatom-bearing clayey nannofossil ooze, and diatom-rich clayey nannofossil ooze

¹Examples of how to reference the whole or part of this volume can be found under "Citations" in the preliminary pages of the volume.
²Shipboard Scientific Party addresses can be found under "Shipboard Scientific Party" in the preliminary pages of the volume.

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Reproduced online: 31 August 2007