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Project Acronym: SAFOD | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5025

ins.: 2022-10-06 12:17; ( Age: 2 yrs )
By: sql
Category: SAFOD
SAFOD

SAFOD: 2007-08-06

Seven meters of hard arkosic sandstone and conglomerate with
Fred Chester of TAMU and the Core Science Team washing and aligning the first core.

Seven meters of hard arkosic sandstone and conglomerate with multiple faults and fractures was recovered today. The frequency of faulting increases with depth. A second core will be retrieved in an attempt to sample the contact between the arkose and the siltstone and shale associated with the Great Valley formation.