OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM
LEG 159 - INITIAL REPORTS

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, p. 1

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Introduction, p. 5-16.
J. Mascle, G.P. Lohmann, P.D. Clift, and Shipboard Scientific Party

Chapter 2: Explanatory notes, p. 17-46.
Shipboard Scientific Party

Chapter 3: Pre-cruise and site surveys: a synthesis of marine geological and geophysical data on the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Transform Margin, p. 47-60.
C. Basile, J. Mascle, F. Sage, G. Lamarche, and B. Pontoise

Chapter 4: Underway geophysics, p. 61-62.
R.A. Edwards and Shipboard Scientific Party

SECTION 2: SITE CHAPTERS

Chapter 5: Site 959, p. 65-150.
Shipboard Scientific Party

Site summary, p. 65
Principal results, p. 66
Background and objectives, p. 67
Operations, p. 68
Site geophysics, p. 72
Lithostratigraphy, p. 74
Biostratigraphy, p. 87
Paleomagnetism, p. 93
Sedimentation rates, p. 95
Structural geology, p. 96
Organic geochemistry, p. 102
Source rock geochemistry, p. 108
Inorganic geochemistry, p. 108
Physical properties, p. 112
Downhole measurements, p. 116
Shore-based log processing, p. 134

Site summary, p. 151
Principal results, p. 151
Background and objectives, p. 156
Operations, p. 158
Site geophysics, p. 160
Lithostratigraphy, p. 161
Biostratigraphy, p. 177
Paleomagnetism, p. 182
Sedimentation rates, p. 184
Structural geology, p. 184
Organic geochemistry, p. 188
Source rock geochemistry, p. 192
Inorganic geochemistry, p. 192
Physical properties, p. 195
Downhole measurements, p. 200
Shore-based log processing, p. 208

Site summary, p. 217
Principal results, p. 217
Background and objectives, p. 220
Operations, p. 222
Site geophysics, p. 224
Lithostratigraphy, p. 225
Biostratigraphy, p. 234
Paleomagnetism, p. 238
Structural geology, p. 238
Organic geochemistry, p. 241
Source rock geochemistry, p. 243
Inorganic geochemistry, p. 243
Physical properties, p. 245

Site summary, p. 251
Principal results, p. 252
Background and objectives, p. 253
Operations, p. 257
Site geophysics, p. 260
Lithostratigraphy, p. 261
Biostratigraphy, p. 270
Paleomagnetism, p. 274
Sedimentation rates, p. 276
Structural geology, p. 277
Organic geochemistry, p. 281
Source rock geochemistry, p. 284
Inorganic geochemistry, p. 284
Physical properties, p. 286
Downhole measurements, p. 290
Shore-based log processing, p. 293

Chapter 9: Principal results, p. 297-312.
Shipboard Scientific Party

SECTION 4: CORES

Core-description forms and core photographs for:
Site 959, p. 317.
Site 960, p. 467.
Site 961, p. 519.
Site 962, p. 547.

Smear-slide descriptions for:
Site 959, p. 587.
Site 960, p. 601.
Site 961, p. 607.
Site 962, p. 611.
(For JOIDES Advisory Groups and ODP Sample and Data Distribution Policy, please see ODP Proceedings, Initial Reports, Volume 158, pp. 375-384.)

The CD-ROM in the back of this volume is a "data-only" CD-ROM containing both depth-shifted and processed logging data provided by the Borehole Research Group at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, as well as shipboard gamma-ray attenuation porosity evaluation (GRAPE), index property, magnetic susceptibility, P-wave, and natural gamma data of cores collected on board the JOIDES Resolution during Legs 159 and 159T. Also on the CD-ROM are scanned structural VCDs, structural data spreadsheets, and selected photographs of core faces. The CD-ROM also contains complete versions of selected tables from Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8. CD-ROM production was conducted by the Borehole Research Group at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the wireline logging operator for ODP.

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