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Table T2. Summary of holes drilled in normal crust on the Pacific plate with an age <100 Ma and penetration into basement >10 m.

Leg, hole
Age
(Ma)
Lattitude/longitude
Basement
penetration
(m)
Sediment thickness (m)

DSDP




16-163
72.0
11°N, 150°W
18
176
54-420
3.4
09°N, 106°W
29
118
54-421
3.4
09°N, 106°W
29
85
54-429A
4.6
09°N, 107°W
21
31
63-469*
17.0
33°N, 121°W
58
391
63-470A
15.0
29°N, 118°W
48
167
63-471
12.0
23°N, 112°W
82
741
63-472
15.0
23°N, 114°W
25
112
65-483B
1.7
23°N, 109°W
157
110
92-597B†
29.0
19°S, 130°W
25
48
92-597C‡
29.0
19°S, 130°W
91
53
92-599B
8.0
19°S, 120°W
10
41

ODP



136-843B**
95.0
19°N, 159°W
71
243
200-1224D
46.3
28°N, 142°W
36
29
200-1224F
46.3
28°N, 142°W
145
29


Notes: * = At the foot of Patton Escarpment. † = This hole is in crust generated by fast spreading (55 mm/yr half rate). ‡ = A reentry cone was emplaced at this site. ** = This is the location of Hole OSN-1.

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