SITE SUMMARY
GAB-08A
Site: GAB-08A
(GAB-08A seismic)
(GAB-08A track line)
Priority:
2
Position: 33°19.5628´S, 128°28.8788´E
Water Depth: 332 m
Sediment Thickness: ‰2880 m
Approved Maximum Penetration: 650 m
Seismic Coverage: Intersection at SPs 879 and 8253.5 on
AGSO Line 169/05
Objectives:
The objectives of GAB-08A are to
- Collect
a detailed, high-resolution profile through a late
Neogene succession deposited within a moderate-energy,
cool-water carbonate environment to determine the
response of such a depositional system to
Plio-Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations.
- Obtain
a high-resolution record of late Neogene
paleoceanographic variation within an upper slope
setting, as a component of the shelf-to-basin
paleoceanographic transect.
- Evaluate
the diagenetic history of calcitic sediments deposited
within a moderate-energy environment below storm
wavebase, for comparison with the higher energy
environment at Site GAB-09A.
Drilling
Program: Triple APC, XCB
Logging
and Downhole Operations: Triple combo, FMS/Sonic, GHMT, WST
Nature
of Rock Anticipated: Wackestone; foram-nanno ooze and chalk;
minor grainstone
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