Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 21    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 250  Analyst: Van der Lingen, G.
Hole: 203   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   400.25
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   400.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   400.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE GLASS SAND;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : OPAQUE PARTICLES RICH OL GREEN-BROWN;


Leg : 21    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  250/1050  Analyst: Van der Lingen, G.
Hole: 203   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   401.05
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   400.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   400.25

LITHOLOGY: BASALT AND SHARD ASH;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : INTERVAL (25-40) NANNO AND CLAY BEARING SHARD ASH IS
               OLIVE GRAY AND PARALLEL LAMINATED, INTERVAL (40-55)
               CONTAINS 2 VESICULAR BASALT FRAGMENTS AND 2 GLASS
               SHARD ASH FRAGMENTS, INTERVAL (58-80) CONTAINS A
               FORAM AND CLAY BEARING NANNO GLASS SHARD ASH AND
               A PHILLIPSITE AND CLAY BEARING NANNORICH GLASS SHARD
               ASH, INTERVAL (58-80) IS PALE OLIVE TO DARK GRAY
               AND WITH INTENSE MOTTLING AND PALE YELLOW BURROWS
               AND DISTINCT BURROW BOUNDARIES, INTERVAL (80-90)
               CONTAINS A LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN GLASS SHARD ASH AND
               IS MODERATELY BURROWED, HORIZONTAL MENISCUS BURROWS
               AT REGULAR INTERVALS (0.5-1CM), INTERVAL (90-105)
               CONTAINS LOOSE SMALL CHUNKS WITH ONE BASALT,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGY" IN
               THE SITE 203 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR BASALT IN INTERVAL (40-55);


Leg : 21    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1500  Analyst: Van der Lingen, G.
Hole: 203   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   401.50
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   400.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   401.05

LITHOLOGY: CLAY RICH NANNO OOZE;


Leg : 21    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Van der Lingen, G.
Hole: 203   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   401.60
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   400.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   401.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT AND CLAY RICH NANNO OOZE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGY" AND
               CORE DESCRIPTION IN THE SITE 203 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : HIGHLY VESICULAR;


Leg : 21    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Van der Lingen, G.
Hole: 203   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   409.00
Core: B 1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   409.00
Sect:       Top of Section Depth(m):   409.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : BASALT COBBLE WAS FOUND JAMMED IN THE OPENNING OF
               THE DRILL BIT AFTER RECOVERY OF THE ENTIRE STRING;

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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