Miller, K.G., Sugarman, P.J., Browning, J.V., et al. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports Volume 174AX (Suppl.) 8. MEDFORD SITE 1 Peter J. Sugarman, Kenneth G. Miller, James V. Browning, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Gilbert J. Brenner, David Bukry, Brian Butari, Mark D. Feigenson, Andrew A. Kulpecz, Peter P. McLaughlin Jr., Svetlana Mizintseva, Donald H. Monteverde, Richard Olsson, Aimee E. Pusz, Helen Rancan, Jaime Tomlinson, Jane Uptegrove, and Claudia C. Velez 2 INTRODUCTION The following, who are listed in alphabetic order, are responsible for writing the given sections: Chief Scientists: Miller, Sugarman Staff Scientist: Browning Operations: Cobbs, Miller, Sugarman Lithostratigraphy: Browning, Kulpecz, McLaughlin, Miller, Mizintseva, Monteverde, Pusz, Rankin, Sugarman, Tomlinson, Uptegrove, Velez Biostratigraphy: Planktonic foraminifers: Olsson Calcareous nannofossils: Aubry (Cenozoic), Bukry (Mesozoic), Mizintseva (Mesozoic) Spores and pollen: Brenner, McLaughlin Logging: McLaughlin Sr isotopic stratigraphy: Browning, Feigenson MEDFORD SITE SUMMARY The Medford Site (April–May 2007) was the twelfth continuously cored borehole drilled as part of the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project (NJCPDP) and the ninth site drilled as part of Leg 174AX (Fig. F1). Located on the property of Medford Township’s South Street Main- F1. Location map, p. 46 ++ + + ++ + + + + + + + + + + + ++ 2000 m 1000 m 3000 m 200 m + + CU CM SA GL AT CD BU OC MN Site 1072 Site 903 Site 904 Site 1071 Site 905 Site 906 Site1073 38° 39° Site M0027 Site M0028 Site 902 Site M0029 Sea Girt ‘03 Millville ‘02 Bass River ‘96 Cape May Zoo ‘04 Double Trouble ‘09 ‘96 pre-Cretaceous New Jersey Cenozoic outcrop Cretaceous outcrop Medford ‘06 Cape May ‘94 Ocean View ‘99 Delmarva peninsula Bethany Beach, DE ‘00 Atlantic Ocean Fort Mott ‘01 Future drilling Ew9009 Ch0698 Oc270 Seismic profiles Existing drill sites DSDP Exploration AMCOR ODP Legs 150 and 150X ODP Legs 174A and 174AX NJ/MAT sea level transect IODP Expedition 313 903 1072 27 + I 72° 73° 75° 74° 76° 77° W N 41° 40° Island Beach ‘93 Atlantic City ‘93 Ancora ‘98 1 Sugarman, P.J., Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V., Aubry, M.-P., Brenner, G.J., Bukry, D., Butari, B., Feigenson, M.D., Kulpecz, A.A., McLaughlin, P.P., Jr., Mizintseva, S., Monteverde, D.H., Olsson, R., Pusz, A.E., Rancan, H., Tomlinson, J., Uptegrove, J., and Velez, C.C., 2010. Medford Site. In Miller, Sugarman, Browning, et al., Proc. ODP, 174AX (Suppl.), College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1–93. doi:2973/ odp.proc.ir.174AXS.109.2010 2 Scientific Party addresses. Ms 174AXSIR-109