SITE SUMMARIES

Priority: 2
Position: 32°29.46'N, 134°46.48'E
Water Depth: 4125 m
Sediment Thickness: 3000 m
Target Drilling Depth: 800 m
Approved Maximum Penetration: 800 m
Seismic Coverage: 3-D seismic survey in 1999, Line 141-2D SP 642, crossing line 842

Objectives: The objectives of Site ENT-05A are to:

1. Sample slope basin strata to date prism deformation

2. Penetrate seaward-most OOST for fluid sample

3. Date an older part of the prism

4. Determine the fluid flow paths and chemical gradients

Drilling Program: APC, XCB, and RCB

Logging: None

Downhole Tools: APC core orientation, Adara and DVTP temperature, WSTP water samples

Nature of Rock Anticipated: Interbedded hemipelagic mud/silty-sandy turbidites

Site ENT-06A