167 Prospectus

SITE BA-4D

LOCATION:  Santa Monica Basin, California Borderlands

PRIORITY:  1

POSITION:  33° 42.938' N 118° 49.147' W (cross of EW9504 line BA4 
 lines 1 and 4; EW9504 BA4 shotpoint 2996)

WATER DEPTH:  912 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS: 0.81 sec (715 m)

TOTAL PENETRATION:  150 m

SEISMIC COVERAGE:  EW9504 BA4 survey, miscellaneous regional.

OBJECTIVES:  Coastal Transect ; to sample a very high resolution upper 
  Pleistocene section for paleoceanographic analysis and sedimentation
history of the Santa Monica Basin.

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 and distal turbidites.

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