Daily Science Report 56 -- Saturday, 5 February 2011
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Location
Site U1377 on Guyot 168.6°W
38° 10' 58.8" S, 168° 38' 15.6012" W
Region:
Louisville Seamount Trail
Elevation:
0 m above sea level
Hole U1377A was spudded in the early afternoon. Core U1377A-1R (0-6.1 mbsf) contained only a few cm of foraminifera ooze with abundant recent nannofossils and pumiceous volcanic glass fragments in the core catcher. Core U1377A-2R (6.1-15.1 mbsf) retrieved 14 cm of bioturbated offshore micritic limestone with ferromanganese encrustations. The material contains abundant planktonic foraminifers but the investigation is still ongoing. Sampling for personal, post-expedition research was conducted for Cores U1376A-9R through 23-R.
Created by Anthony Koppers on Wednesday, 16 March 2011
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