Site Summaries
Site: ODP Site 848
Priority: Alternate
Position: 2°59.63'S, 110°28.79'W
Water Depth: 3853 m
Sediment Thickness: 100 m
Target Drilling Depth: Through sediment-basement transition
Approved Maximum Penetration: Requested same maximum penetration as for Leg 138.
Seismic Coverage: R/V Thomas Washington station 7, 1638UTC, 10 September 1989.
See seismic line.
Objectives: Equatorial Pacific, low accumulation rate counterpart to the low-activity Peru Basin
proposed Sites PRB-1A and PRB-2A. Little or no change in mean sulfate concentration
downsection. Normal open-ocean site, with only 100 m of sediment overlying basement and very
little sulfate reduction.
Drilling Program: TBD
Logging and Downhole Program: TBD
Nature of Rock Anticipated: Foraminifer nannofossil ooze and siliceous nannofossil ooze.
