167 Prospectus

SITE CAM-3A

LOCATION:  San Clemente Basin, California Borderlands

PRIORITY:  3

POSITION:  32° 29.907'; 118°  07.907' (Cross of EW9504 CAM3 lines 2 and 11;
 shotpoint 5939)

WATER DEPTH:  1898 m

SEDIMENT THICKNESS:  > 1.00 sec (> 800 m)

TOTAL PENETRATION:  150 m

SEISMIC COVERAGE:  EW9504 CAM3 survey; miscellaneous regional

OBJECTIVES:  Pleistocene section in Coastal Transect for paleoceanographic 
analysis and for studying modification of intermediate waters in the 
California Borderlands basins

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 sediment with occasional distal 
turbidites.

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