Table 1. Deep Sea Drilling Project sites off Tasmania.
Site | Latitude (S) Longitude (N) |
Water depth (m) | Penetration (m) | Total recovery | Maximum age sediment | Basement type |
280 | 48° 57.44' 147° 14.08' |
4176 | 524 | 19% | early to middle Miocene | Intrusive basalt |
281 | 47° 59.84' 147° 45.85' |
1591 | 169 | 62% | late Eocene | Late carboniferous schist |
282 | 42° 14.76' 143° 29.18' |
4202 | 310 | 20% | late Eocene | Pillow basalt |
283 | 43° 54.60' 154° 16.96' |
4729 | 592 | 10% | Paleocene | Altered basalt |