HOLE 1087C

Position: 31°27.9137'S, 15°18.6541'E

Start hole: 0340 hr, 4 October 1997

End hole: 0705 hr, 6 October 1997

Time on hole: 51.42 hr

Seafloor (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 1385.9

Total depth (drill pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 1877.8

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

Water depth (drill pipe measurement from sea level, m): 1374.2

Penetration (mbsf): 491.9

Coring totals:

    Type: APC

    Number: 27

    Cored: 248.60 m

    Recovered: 255.01 m (102.58%)

    Type: XCB

    Number: 26

    Cored: 243.30 m

    Recovered: 223.29 m (91.78%)

Lithology:

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

    Unit II: foraminifer-bearing and foraminifer-rich nannofossil ooze