Location: Saanich Inlet, British Colombia, Canada
Priority: 1
Position: 48°35.433'N, 123°30.201'W
Water Depth: 225 m
Sediment Thickness: 296 m
Total Penetration: 100mbsf
Seismic Coverage: Single channel
Objectives:
1. Ultra-high-resolution (annual) terrestrial and marine paleoenvironmental record since glaciation
2. Frequency of large earthquake events, Cascadia subduction margin
3. Sediment diagenesis in an isolated anoxic basin
Drilling Program: Triple APC core
Logging and Downhole Operations: None
Nature of Rock Anticipated: Organic-rich terrigenous muds, stiff glaciomarine muds, abundant ice-rafted debris