TO: Tom Davies

FM: Jay Miller

JA Daily Science Report for Expedition 305, 9 February 2005.

SCIENCE UPDATE: Cores 305-U1309D-207R to -210R (994.2 to 1015.2 mbsf, 87% recovery) continue in medium- to coarse-grained gabbro and olivine-bearing gabbro. These cores contain rare, thin, intervals of medium-grained, disseminated oxide gabbro, and intervals with weak magmatic fabric. The cores continue to be only slightly altered overall.