Ocean Drilling Program

Leg 209 Scientific Prospectus

Drilling Mantle Peridotite Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from 14° to 16°N

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• TITLE PAGE
  
• PUBLISHER'S NOTES AND DISCLAIMER
  
• ABSTRACT
  
• SITE SURVEY DATA AND OTHER GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
  
  • Seismic Studies
  • Submersible Studies
  • Shipboard Geophysics
  • Geochemical Background
• PRIMARY RATIONALE FOR DRILLING
  
  • Focused Crustal Accretion at Slow-Spreading Ridges
  • Comparison of Models for Mantle Upwelling
  • Testing Hypotheses for the Mechanism(s) of Focused Crustal Accretion
  • Interpretation of Ductile Flow Fabrics in Mantle Peridotites
  • Interpretation of Chemical Variation in Mantle Peridotites
  • Interpretation of Melt Transport Features in Mantle Peridotites
• ANCILLARY STUDIES
  
  • Mantle Temperature and Composition
  • Hydrothermal Alteration of Peridotite Outcrops
  • Crustal Thickness Variations and Gabbro Plutons in Peridotite
  • Nature and Source of Magnetization in Serpentinized Peridotites
• DRILLING STRATEGY
  
  • Primary Drilling Targets
  • Specific Site Objectives
  • Alternate Drilling Targets
• SAMPLING PLAN
  
• DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS PLAN
  
  • Projected Wireline Logging Plan
  • Logging While Coring
• REFERENCES
  
• TABLE CAPTIONS AND TABLES
  
• FIGURE CAPTIONS AND FIGURES
  
• SITE SUMMARIES
  
  • Site: MAR-1N
  • Site: MAR-2N
  • Site: MAR-3N
  • Site: MAR-1S
  • Site: MAR-2S
  • Site: MAR-3S
  • Site: MAR-4S
  • Site: MAR-ALT1N
  • Site: MAR-ALT2N
  • Site: MAR-ALT1S
  • Site: MAR-ALT2S
• SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPANTS (updated 4 March 2003)
  

Date posted: 21 November 2002

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