HOLE 1087B

Position: 31°27.8975'S, 15°18.6541'E

Start hole: 2225 hr, 3 October 1997

End hole: 0340 hr, 4 October 1997

Time on hole: 5.25 hr

Seafloor (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 1383.5

Total depth (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 1456

Distance between rig floor and sea level (m): 11.7

Water depth (drill pipe measurement from sea level, m): 1371.8

Penetration (mbsf): 72.5

    Coring totals:

    Type: APC

    Number: 8

    Cored: 72.5 m

    Recovered: 74.83 m (103.21%)

Lithology:

    Unit I: foraminifer-nannofossil ooze, foraminifer-rich nannofossil ooze, foraminifer-bearing nannofossil ooze, and nannofossil ooze