2008 January 10 (Day 23)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0006 (NT1-03) (33°01’ N, 136°47’ E)

We continue to RCB to 533 meter below seafloor through relatively lithified silty mudstone (with occasional ash layers) with variable amounts of faulting and fracturing. Core recovery is generally low but getting better, core quality is equally variable, with both primarily depending on the degree of fracturing present in the formation. Several generations of fracturing/faulting have been observed.