Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 400  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   426.90
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   425.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   426.50

LITHOLOGY: DOLOMITIC SILTY CLAY;

  Piece No.  : PCE INTERVALS (0-40), (86-87);


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  410/1500  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   428.00
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   425.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   426.91

LITHOLOGY: CARBONACEOUS BLACK MUD;

  Piece No.  : PCE INTERVALS (41-44), (86-87), (105-108),
               (148-150);

  Comments   : VERY SHARP BASAL CONTACT AT 44CM;


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  390/1480  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   427.98
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   425.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   426.89

LITHOLOGY: CLAY TO MUD;
           TRANSITION ZONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE INTERVALS (39-41), (108-110), (148);


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1410/1470  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   427.97
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   425.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   427.91

LITHOLOGY: ALTERED ASH;

  Piece No.  : PCE INTERVAL (141-147);


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  490/1010  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   427.51
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   425.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   426.99

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (49-53), 2 (53-60), 3 (61-70), 4 (70-77),
               5 (77-80), 6 (79-86), 7 (88-91), 8 (94-98),
               9 (99-101);

  Structure  : POSSIBLY A SILL;

  Alteration : ALTERED;

  Comments   : AT 49CM AND 101CM PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL CONTACTS;


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/1500  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   438.50
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   437.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   437.55

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (55-62), 2 (62-63), 3 (65), 4 (66-69),
               5 (70-75), 6 (75-87), 7 (87-97), 8 (101-104),
               9 (105-109), 10 (110-112), 11 (113-117),
               12 (118-122), 13 (122-129), 14 (129-135),
               15 (136-150);

  Texture    : COARSE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : VERTICAL CALCITE VEINS;

  Alteration : HIGHLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY - OLIVE GREEN;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINS;


Leg : 14    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Von Rad, U.
Hole: 138   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   438.60
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   437.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   438.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

Introduction

Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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