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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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