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

ins.: 2022-01-24 08:24, 4 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: BASE-Moodies
BASE-Moodies

BASE: 2022_01_19

Rig MDX 317 at Site 3 is still drilling upsection through silicified shallow-water sandstones of unit MdQ1 toward its 2nd and final target, a unit of microstromatolites a few m thick.
We do not understand the setting and ecology of these structures at all; hypotheses abound. We are looking forward to the cores.