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Project Acronym: CBAY | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5001

ins.: 2005-10-17 22:00, 20 yrs ago
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Category: ChesapeakeBay
ChesapeakeBay

ChesapeakeBay: 2005-10-18

The drill bit passed below a depth of 2,900 ...
A newly recovered core coated with drilling mud.

The drill bit passed below a depth of 2,900 ft (884 m) during the early evening of October 18. Several days ago, the bit deviated from the original hole near a depth of 2,400 ft (732 m). We have been collecting ?bonus? cores below that depth in the second