Table 1. Proposed Site Information and Drilling Strategy

Primary Sites

Site

Latitude

Longitude

Water depth

(mbsl)

Penet-ration

(mbsf)

Transit

(days)

Drilling

(days)

Logging

(days)

Total

days

Transit from Lisbon, Portugal, to Site IBERIA08B (171nmi@10.5kt)

0.7

0.7

IBERIA08B

40°43.50'N

11°18.0'W

4725

750

7.0

1.0

8.0

Transit from Site IBERIA08B to IBERIA09A (14nmi @10.5kt)

0.1

0.1

IBERIA09A

40°40.94'N

11°35.60'W

5040

1150

21.1

2.0

23.1

Transit from Site IBERIA09A to IBERIA07A (9nmi @10.5kt)

0.1

0.1

IBERIA07A

40°43.00'N

11°46.70'W

5150

970

6.8

1.2

8.0

Transit from Site IBERIA07A to IBERIA10A (44nmi @10.5kt)

0.2

0.2

IBERIA10A

40°47.80'N

12°43.40'W

5500

700

5.4

1.1

6.5

Transit from Site IBERIA10A to Halifax, Canada (2283nmi@10kt)

9.3

9.3

Total

10.4

40.3

5.3

56.0

Alternate Sites

IBERIA08A

40°40.90'N

11°15.30'W

4830

1550

18.1

1.0

19.1

901

40°40.48'N

11°03.59'W

4720

830

6.2

1.1

7.3

IBERIA09B

40°40.94'N

11°35.08'W

5040

1600

31.0

2.3

33.3