Site: GAR1B
Proposed site:
GAR1B
Priority:
Primary
Position:
56°21.882'N, 27°53.31'W
Water depth (m):
2821
Target drilling depth (mbsf):
300
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
400
Survey coverage:
• KN166-14 Line 19 (CDP 11534)
• Track map–Fig. F24
• Seismic profiles–Figs. F25, F26, F27, F28
Objectives:
Establish late Neogene–Quaternary intercalibration of geomagnetic paleointensity, isotope stratigraphies, and regional environmental stratigraphies, and in so doing develop a millennial-scale stratigraphic template.
such a template is required for understanding the relative phasing of atmospheric, cryospheric, and oceanic changes that are central to our understanding of the mechanisms of global climate change on orbital to millennial timescales.
Drilling program:
3X APC to refusal with drillover
Logging program:
To be determined
Nature of rock anticipated:
Foraminifer-nannofossil ooze