167 Prospectus

SITE CAM-2A

LOCATION:  Animal Basin, California Borderlands

PRIORITY:  1

POSITION:  31° 16.859' N 117° 38.051' W (Cross of EW9504 
lines 1 and 2; EW9504 line 1 shotpoint 794)

WATER DEPTH:  2047 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS:  0.34 sec (280 m)

TOTAL PENETRATION:  290 m

SEISMIC COVERAGE:  EW9504 CAM2 survey

OBJECTIVES:  Baja Transect and Coastal Transect.  To sample middle Miocene
 to Holocene sediment section for paleoceanographic analysis. One of 
 the intermediate sites in the southern California depth transect.

DRILLING PROGRAM:  2 APCs to refusal, third APC to 50 m or longer if time
  available. XCB to basement and to sample basement if possible.

LOGGING AND DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS:  Quad Combo and FMS from standard suite.
 GHMT magnetic log if core measurements indicate feasibility.
NATURE OF ROCK ANTICIPATED:  Hemipelagic sediments over metamorphic 
(possibly Franciscan) basement.

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