Table 1. Summary of holes drilled in "normal crust" on the Pacific Plate with an age <100 Ma and penetration into basement >10 m.
| Site/Hole | Leg | Age (Ma) |
Location | Basement penetration |
Sediment thickness |
| 163 | DSDP 16 | 72.0 | 11°N 150°W | 18 m | 176 m |
| 420 | DSDP 54 | 3.4 | 09°N 106°W | 29 m | 118 m |
| 421 | DSDP 54 | 3.4 | 09°N 106°W | 29 m | 85 m |
| 429A | DSDP 54 | 4.6 | 09°N 107°W | 21 m | 31 m |
| 469* | DSDP 63 | 17.0 | 33°N 121°W | 58 m | 391 m |
| 470A | DSDP 63 | 15.0 | 29°N 118°W | 48 m | 167 m |
| 471 | DSDP 63 | 12.0 | 23°N 112°W | 82 m | 741 m |
| 472 | DSDP 63 | 15.0 | 23°N 114°W | 25 m | 112 m |
| 597B** | DSDP 92 | 29.0 | 19°S 130°W | 25 m | 48 m |
| 597C† | DSDP 92 | 29.0 | 19°S 130°W | 91 m | 53 m |
| 599B | DSDP 92 | 8.0 | 19°S 120°W | 10 m | 41 m |
| 843B‡ | ODP 136 | 95.0 | 19°N 159°W | 71 m | 243 m |
| * At the foot of Patton Escarpment | |||||
| ** This hole is in crust generated by fast spreading (55 mm/yr half rate) | |||||
| † A reentry cone was emplaced at this site | |||||
| ‡ This is the location of Hole OSN-1 | |||||