Figure 10. Portion of JOIDES Resolution single-channel seismic profile across Site 976. Below a Pleistocene to middle Miocene sedimentary sequence, 258.97 m of metamorphic basement was recovered at this site, consisting primarily of high-grade schist and gneiss, and migmatitic gneiss, with lesser amounts of granite, marble, and calc-silicate rocks.


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