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

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

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

LOGGING AND DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS: Second priority logging objective.

NATURE OF ROCK ANTICIPATED: Hemipelagic sediments over MORB basalt.


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