Date 10/24/97
Lat/Long -32.7232°, 57.266°
Water Depth 720.6 m
Core Recovered 865.99 m

ODP 176-735B

Obtain a section of layer 3 gabbros to document magmatic, hydrothermal, and tectonic processes in the lower ocean crust and to determine if the boundary between igneous crust and the depleted mantle lies above the Mohorovicic discontinuity.

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