Repository:	University of Hawaii at Manoa Contact the Curator
Ship:	Moana Wave
Cruise:	MW8805
Sample:	MW8805 STA49 RD49
Device:	dredge, rock
Latitude:	11.833
Longitude:	164.9
Water Depth(m):	1925
Date:	19880509
IGSN:	IEUHM006D
Storage:	room temperature, dry

Central Pacific Ocean, Marshall Islands. Chain bag dredge. Field description: basalt
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Lithology/Mineralogy:	igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt
Comments:	4 buckets: dredged from apparent terrace below probable reef edge on SW side of Sylvania Guyot. RD49-1 - 5 buckets basalt, some grey with rusted olivines, some rotten to brown and crumbling, all coated with 1m to 5cm Mn crust. 4 buckets discarded. One 1/2 cobble removed for study. RD49-2 - 4 buckets basalt/limestone conglomerate. Several generations of conglomerate within conglomerate. May be to distinct types in these buckets. Some pieces are closer to a basalt breccia with all angular, pebble size, brown clasts. 1 bucket of mostly Mn crusts discarded. 6 2-3 cm thick slabs removed for study.