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Project Acronym: BASE | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5069

ins.: 2022-02-08 14:41, 4 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: BASE-Moodies
BASE-Moodies

BASE: 2022_02_05

We asked the drillers not to core at Site
Thus, drillers are using a non-coring PDC bit.

We asked the drillers not to core at Site 2 until reaching fresh rocks because a thick unit of weathered tidal channel fills is beautifully exposed in the extensive but crumbly "White Outcrops" right next to the rig. We wouldn't gain anything coring it.