Site: GAR2A
Proposed site:
GAR2A
Priority:
Primary
Position:
53°3.4'N, 33°31.78'W
Water depth (m):
3024
Target drilling depth (mbsf):
300
Approved maximum penetration (mbsf):
400
Survey coverage:
• KN166-14 Line 17 (CDP 1433)
• KN166-14 Line 18 (CDP 2477)
• Track map–Fig. F30
• Seismic profiles–Figs. F31, F32, F33
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