TO: Tom Davies

FM: Jay Miller

JA Daily Science Report for Expedition 304, 26 December 2004.

LOCATION:  Site U1309 (prospectus site AMFW-01A)

Hole U1309D Latitude: 30° 10.1195'N     Longitude: 42° 07.1311'W Water depth: 1645 mbsl

SCIENCE UPDATE: Cores U1309D-48R to -49R (252.4 to 262.0 mbsf, 43% recovery, 57% average recovery for hole) are medium- to coarse-grained, moderately greenschist facies altered gabbro and olivine-bearing gabbro.