167 Prospectus

SITE BA-1B

LOCATION:  East Cortez Basin, California Borderlands

PRIORITY:  1

POSITION:  32° 16.984' N 118°  23.00' W (cross of EW9504 CAM-3 line 6
 and line 8-10; EW9504 CAM-3 line 6 shotpoint 4442)

WATER DEPTH:  1796 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS:  520 m (0.65 sec)

TOTAL PENETRATION:  300 m (PPSP approval to 400 m)

SEISMIC COVERAGE:  EW9504 survey, miscellaneous regional.

OBJECTIVES:  1. Sample complete Pleistocene section of hemipelagic sediment
 as part of Coastal Transect.  2. Sample upper Miocene-Holocene 
section if time is available.

DRILLING PROGRAM: 2 APC's to refusal, third APC to 50 m, XCB to total depth. 

LOGGING AND DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS:  Standard Quad Combo and FMS logging strings. 
GHMT magnetic log if core measurements indicate feasibility.

NATURE OF ROCK ANTICIPATED:  Hemipelagic sediments, indurated at depth. 

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