Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  520/ 550  Analyst: Prell, W.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   168.55
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   168.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   168.52

LITHOLOGY: ASH;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/1500  Analyst: Prell, W.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   169.50
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   168.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   168.55

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Structure  : OCCATIONAL FRACTURES, PROMINENT FRACTURE AT 103CM;

  Alteration : ALTERED TO SLIGHTLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : GREENISH BLACK (5GY 2/1), SECONDARY GROWTH
               IN FRACTURES IS GRAYISH-OLIVE (10Y 4/2);

  Replacement: CALCITE
               FILLING PROMINENT FRACTURE;

               OTHER
               POSSIBLY SERPENTINE FILLING THE PROMINENT
               FRACTURE;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Donnelly, T.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   171.00
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   168.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   169.50

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, NOT GRANOPHYRE;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, CALCITIC SEGREGATES OR VEINS IN LOWER
               PART;

  Alteration : FRESH

  Comments   : CALCITE IN VEINS IS PINK;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               FILLING VEINS;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Donnelly, T.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   171.10
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   168.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   171.10

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Donnelly, T.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   178.50
Core:  12   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   177.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   177.00

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINER-GRAINED THAN CORES 11-1 AND -2, FRAGMENTS
               5 TO 15 CM;

  Structure  : FRACTURES, SOME FILLED WITH CALCITE, LARGE FRACTURE
               FROM 95 TO 120CM;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               FILLING FRACTURES;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Donnelly, T.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   180.00
Core:  12   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   177.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   178.50

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINER-GRAINED THAN CORES 11-1 AND -2;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, VERY FEW CALCITE VEINS;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               FILLING FRACTURES;


Leg : 15    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Donnelly, T.
Hole: 150   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   180.10
Core:  12   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   177.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   180.10

LITHOLOGY: DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINER-GRAINED THAN CORES 11-1 AND -2;

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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