Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project - Volume 22

This volume covers Leg 22 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel Glomar Challenger. Four quite separate scientific problems faced us on Leg 22: (1) to find out the age and mode of formation of the Whafton Basin, (2) to obtain a detailed stratigraphic and biostratigraphic sequence on and to either side of the Ninetyeast Ridge, (3) to determine the mode of formation of the Ninetyeast Ridge, and (4) to date two of the three major unconformities in the Bengal Fan. To accomplish these goals the ship sailed from Darwin to Colombo with a plan to drill from 8 to 10 holes between January and March of 1972.