Initial Reports Volume 187 Chapter 4, Table T1. Coring summary, Site 1153. Note: N/A = not applicable. Hole 1153A Latitude: 41 degrees 16.2914 minutes S Longitude: 129 degrees 48.9085 minutes E Time on hole: 1200 hr, 29 Nov 99-1900 hr, 1 Dec 99 (55.0 hr) Time on site: 1200 hr, 29 Nov 99-1900 hr, 1 Dec 99 (55.0 hr) Seafloor (drill-pipe measurement from rig floor, mbrf): 5592.4 Distance between rig floor and sea level (m): 11.0 Water depth (drill-pipe measurement from sea level, m): 5581.4 Total depth (from rig floor, mbrf): 5867.3 Total penetration (mbsf): 274.9 Total length of cored section (m): 7.3 Drilled interval (m): 267.4 Total core recovered (m): 1.77 Core recovery (%): 24.2 Total number of cores: 8 Number of drilled cores: 7 Date Ship Depth (mbsf) Length (m) Recovery Core (1999) local time Top Bottom Cored Recovered (%) Comments 187-1153A- 1W 30-Nov 0100 0.0 26.9 26.9 0.00 N/A 2W 30-Nov 0545 26.9 142.3 115.4 1.33 N/A 3W 30-Nov 0745 142.3 151.9 9.6 4.72 N/A Deployed Whirl-Pak on Core 3W 4W 30-Nov 1225 151.9 209.6 57.7 2.69 N/A 5W 30-Nov 1600 209.6 233.4 23.8 4.35 N/A 6W 30-Nov 1930 233.4 243.0 9.6 2.81 N/A Deployed Whirl-Pak on Core 6W 7W 1-Dec 0500 243.0 267.6 24.6 4.53 N/A First 23 cm curated as sediment. The rest of section curated as hard rock with Piece 1 beginning at 23 cm 8R 1-Dec 0915 267.6 274.9 7.3 1.77 24.2 Deployed Whirl-Pak on Core 8R Cored: 7.3 1.77 24.2 Drilled: 267.6 Total: 274.9