SITE SUMMARY
GAB-09A
Site: GAB-09A
(GAB-09A seismic)
(GAB-09A track line)
Priority:
1
Position: 33°17.3793´S, 128°28.8748´E
Water Depth: 200 m
Sediment Thickness: ‰2480 m
Approved Maximum Penetration: 600 m
Seismic Coverage: Intersection at SPs 1202 and 5574.5 on
AGSO Line 169/05
Objectives:
The objectives of GAB-09A are to
- Collect
detailed, high-resolution profiles through a late Neogene
succession deposited within a high-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 a shelf edge setting,
as a component of the shelf-to-basin paleoceanographic
transect.
- Evaluate
the diagenetic history of calcitic sediments deposited
within a high-energy environment below storm wave base,
for comparison with the lower energy environments at
Sites GAB-07A and GAB-08A.
Drilling
Program: Triple APC, XCB
Logging
and Downhole Operations: Triple combo, FMS/Sonic, WST
Nature
of Rock Anticipated: Wackestone and grainstone; minor
foram-nanno ooze and chalk
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