Location: Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge, northeast Pacific Ocean
Priority: 1
Position: 40°57.5'N, 127°30.5'W
Water Depth: 3340 m
Sediment Thickness: 600 m
Total Penetration: 650 mbsf
Seismic Coverage: Single-channel, Tully, 89-04, Line 5
Objectives: Reference section through sedimentary sequence
Drilling Program: APC/XCB 50 m through sediment column and 50 m into basement
Logging and Downhole Operations: Full Schlumberger logging suite
Nature of Rock Anticipated: Interbedded turbidites and hemipelagic sediment, underlain by basalt