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Project Acronym: HSDP | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5027
ins.: 2007-01-14 01:00, 19 yrs ago

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Hawaii_

hawaii: 2007-01-14
We recovered two runs of highly fractured core today. The ...

We recovered two runs of highly fractured core today. The rock recovered is so unconsolidated, it is no surprise that some of the loose fragments cave in around the sides of the drill pipe. The drillers have trouble rotating the drill string when this happens, and refer to the hole as "tight." They are currently reaming up and down in the lowermost reaches of the hole to fix this issue, and will resume coring shortly.