Table T1. Summary of holes drilled in "normal crust" on the Pacific plate with an age <100 Ma and penetration into basement >10 m.
Age | Basement | Sediment | ||||
Site/Hole | Leg | (Ma) | Location | penetration | 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 | |
Notes: * = At the foot of Patton Escarpment. = A reentry cone was emplaced at this site. = The location of Site OSN-1. ** = This hole is in crust generated by fast spreading (55 mm/yr half rate). Data are from table 1 of the Leg 200 Scientific Prospectus. |
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