TO: Tom Davies

FM: Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian

JA Daily Science Report for Expedition 306, 9 March 2005.

SCIENCE UPDATE: Underway to first coring site [U1312 (IRD4A)]. Estimated arrival time: 1700 hrs, 10 Mar 2005. We will have a Site Science Meeting at 1300 hrs followed by a sedimentology meeting. A core close-up photography meeting has been scheduled with the Marine Image Specialist for 1445 hrs. All times are local time.