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Table T1. Summary of holes drilled in Pacific fast-spreading crust.

Site/Hole

Leg

Age
(Ma)

Location

Basement
penetration
(m)

Sediment
thickness
(m)

163

DSDP 16

72

11°N, 150°W

18

176

420

DSDP 54

3.4

9°N, 106°W

29

118

421

DSDP 54

3.4

9°N, 106°W

29

85

429A

DSDP 54

4.6

9°N, 107°W

21

31

469*

DSDP 63

17

33°N, 121°W

58

391

470A

DSDP 63

15

29°N, 118°W

48

167

471

DSDP 63

12

23°N, 112°W

82

741

472

DSDP 63

15

23°N, 114°W

25

112

483B

DSDP 65

1.7

23°N, 109°W

157

110

597B**

DSDP 92

29

19°S, 130°W

25

48

597C

DSDP 92

29

19°S, 130°W

91

53

599B

DSDP 92

8

19°S, 120°W

10

41

843B**

ODP 136

95

19°N, 159°W

71

243

1224D††

ODP 200

46

28°N, 142°W

36

29

1224F

ODP 200

46

28°N, 142°W

145

29

1243A‡‡

ODP 203

12

18°N, 110°W

107

117

1243B

ODP 203

12

18°N, 110°W

85

113

Notes: * = foot of Patton Escarpment, † = fast spreading rate (55 mm/m.y.), ‡ = reentry cone, ** = OSN-1, †† = H2O, ‡‡ = OSN-2. DSDP = Deep Sea Drilling Project, ODP = Ocean Drilling Program.

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