167 Prospectus

SITE BA-2B

LOCATION: San Nicolas Basin, California Borderlands

PRIORITY: 1

POSITION: 32° 48.061' N 118° 48.00' W (cross of BA2 lines 1 and 5;

EW9504 BA2 shotpoint 446)

WATER DEPTH: 1592 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS: 0.95 sec (760 m)

TOTAL PENETRATION: 150 m

SEISMIC COVERAGE: EW9504 BA-2 Survey, miscellaneous regional.

OBJECTIVES: Coastal Transect; to sample Pleistocene sediments and monitor

modification of intermediate waters traveling over the Borderland province.

DRILLING PROGRAM: 2 APCs to refusal or 150 m, third APC to 50 m or longer

if time available.

LOGGING AND DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS: None

NATURE OF ROCK ANTICIPATED: Hemipelagic sediments.