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Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/ 930  Describer: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 211   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   409.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  12   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   409.92   Sect/Pc #:  1/

ROCK = PLAG MICROPHYRIC DIABASE
       SOURCE IS IR*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (41.12%)
             MICROPHENOS*

Groundmass - CLINOPYROXENE             (22.12%)
             PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY MODAL ANALYSES*

Alteration - FERROUS OXIDE             ( 6.21%)

             MICA                      ( 8.72%)

             HORNBLENDE                (   TR%)

             CLAY MINERALS             (21.81%)
             INCLUDES CHLORITE+SERPENTINE+SMECTITE AND
             VERMICULITE-CHLORITE*




Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1430/   0  Describer: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 211   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   409.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  12   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   410.43   Sect/Pc #:  1/

ROCK = ANDESITIC DIABASE
       THIS ROCK APPEARS TO BE TECTONICALLY ALTERED;
       Texture: HOLOCRYSTALLINE,PHANERITIC,SUBOPHITIC*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   54%)
             SODIC PLAG APPROX COMP<AN30,CALCIC ANDESINE(AN48-
             AN50),LENGTH OF PLAG AND PYX REACHES UP TO 2-3MM,
             THE GENERAL TEXTURE IS SUBOPHITIC WITH LARGE
             PLATES OF CPX,LATHS OF PLAG AND INTERSTITIAL
             CHLORITE,FE-ORE,BIOTITE AND ZEOLITE,MOST ABUNDANT
             PLAG IS THE SODIC VARIETY;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    6%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   20%)
             PURPLISH*

Alteration - QUARTZ                    (    1%)

             CHLORITE                  (    8%)

             ZEOLITE                   (    2%)

             AMPHIBOLE                 (    1%)

             EPIDOTE                   (   <1%)

             SERICITE                  (    3%)

             MICA                      (    4%)
             BROWN BIOTITE,USUALLY SHOWS REACTION RIM AROUND
             MAGN*




Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1140/   0  Describer: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 211   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   409.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  12   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   411.64   Sect/Pc #:  2/

ROCK = ANDESITIC BASALT;
       Texture: HYPOCRYSTALLINE,APHANITIC,INTERSERTAL*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   39%)
             INTERSTICES OF PLAG LATHS ARE FILLED WITH PALAG,
             CALCITE,FE-OXIDE MINERALS AND GRANULES OF CPX, FEW
             PLAG AND CPX LATHS SHOW A SUBOPHITIC GROWTH,SODIC
             PLAG APPROX COMP <AN30,ANDESINE-LABRADORITE(AN46-
             AN53);

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   10%)
             INCLUDES HEMATITE AND MAGN;

             PALAGONITE                (    8%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   25%)
             PURPLISH*

Alteration - QUARTZ                    (    7%)

             CHLORITE                  (    5%)

             CALCITE                   (   10%)

             MICA                      (    2%)




Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1340  Describer: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 211   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   437.50   Rock Type: METAMORPHIC
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   438.77   Sect/Pc #:  1/

ROCK = AMPHIBOLITE
       SOURCE IS IR*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( 5.63%)

             GROUNDMASS                ( 8.45%)
              INCLUDES GLASS+DARK MESOSTASIS AND
             CRYPTOXTLLINE UNIDENTIFIED AGGREGATES,PERCENTAGES
             OBTAINED BY MODAL ANALYSES*

Alteration - FERROUS OXIDE             ( 0.28%)

             MICA                      ( 3.09%)

             HORNBLENDE                (36.62%)

             OXYHORNBLENDE             (43.09%)

             CALCITE                   ( 3.81%)




Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  670/ 700  Describer: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 211   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   437.50   Rock Type: METAMORPHIC
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   441.19   Sect/Pc #:  3/

ROCK = PLAG MICROPHYRIC AMPHIBOLITE BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (50.50%)
             MICROPHENOS*

Groundmass - CLINOPYROXENE             (   TR%)

             GROUNDMASS                (15.58%)
             INCLUDES GLASS+DARK MESOSTASIS+CRYPTOXTLLINE
             UNIDENTIFIED AGGREGATES,MODAL ANALYSIS*

Alteration - FERROUS OXIDE             ( 5.28%)

             CALCITE                   ( 8.04%)

             MICA                      ( 0.22%)

             HORNBLENDE                ( 9.05%)

             OXYHORNBLENDE             ( 9.30%)




    

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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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