167 Prospectus

SITE CA-14A

LOCATION:  Ocean crust near Guadelupe Island, Mexico

PRIORITY:  1

POSITION:  29° 57.95' N 118° 06.04' W (Cross of EW9504 seismic lines 
CA14-1 and CA14-3;  EW9504 shotpoint 305, line CA14-1)

WATER DEPTH:  3495 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS:  199 m (0.255 sec)

TOTAL PENETRATION:  205 m

SEISMIC COVERAGE:  EW9504 CA14 survey

OBJECTIVES:  Deep-water site, Baja transect, southern depth transect. To sample
 a middle Miocene (15 Ma) to Holocene sediment section to study evolution
of the California Current and evolution of deep-water properties in the
 North Pacific.

DRILLING PROGRAM:  2 APCs to refusal, third APC to 50 m or longer if time 
available. XCB to total penetration, including minor basement sampling.

LOGGING AND DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS:  Second priority logging objective.
 Standard Quad Combo and FMS logging strings if time permits. 

NATURE OF ROCK ANTICIPATED:  Hemipelagic sediments over MORB basalt. 

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