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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   153.00
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   151.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   152.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, GLASSY PALAGONATIZED CRUST AT 142-
               145CM;

  Structure  : VEINS OF RECRYSTALLIZED CALCITE OCCUR AT 145CM;

  Alteration : WEATHERED;

  Comments   : THE ROCKS WERE FRAGMENTED BY CORER, SOME FRAGMENTS
               NEAR THE TOP CONTAIN A COATING OF NANNO OOZE;
               FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY"               AND CORE DESCRIPTION IN THE SITE 213 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               RECRYSTALLIZED;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   154.50
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   151.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   153.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : XTLLINE, BASALTIC GLASS LOCATED AT 0-2CM, 21-24CM,
               91-93CM, AND 148-150CM;

  Structure  : VEINS OF CALCITE OCCUR THROUGHOUT;

  Comments   : BASALT IS LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y6/1), FOR MORE
               INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" AND
               THE CORE DESCRIPTION IN THE SITE 213 CHAPTER OF
               THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   156.00
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   151.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   154.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : BASALTIC GLASS LOCATED AT 0-2CM AND 60-70CM AND
               84-91CM AND 94-96CM AND 130-140CM AND 144-150CM;

  Alteration : WEATHERED TO LIGHT BROWN (5YR5/6);

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO "LITHOLOGIC
               SUMMARY" AND CORE DESCRIPTION IN THE SITE 213
               CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   161.00
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   159.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   160.62

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Structure  : CRISS-CROSSED WITH VEINS OF CALCITE;

  Alteration : PARTIALLY WEATHERED BASALT;

  Comments   : LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y6/1), FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER
               TO "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE SITE 213 CHAPTER
               OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   162.50
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   159.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   161.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : XTLLINE, PARTIALLY PALAGONATIZED ZONE OF BASALTIC
               GLASS AT 14-62CM;

  Alteration : ABUNDANTLY WEATHERED AT 40CM, LESS WEATHERED AT
               80CM;

  Comments   : LIGHT OLIVE BROWN (5Y45/6) AT 40CM, LIGHT OLIVE
               GRAY (5Y6/1) AT 80CM,FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO
               "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE SITE 213 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: PALAGONITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   164.00
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   159.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   162.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : XTLLINE, BASALTIC GLASS AT 36-40CM AND 74-80CM AND
               147-150CM;

  Alteration : WEATHERED, WEATHERED LIGHT BROWN AT 35CM AND 42CM;

  Comments   : LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y6/1);

  Replacement: PALAGONITE
               PALAG AT BOTTOM OF SECTION;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1260/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   164.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   163.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   164.26

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : XTLLINE, BASALTIC GLASS AT 145-150CM;

  Alteration : WEATHERED;

  Comments   : LIGHT OLIVE GRAY, FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO
               "LITHOLOGIC SUMMARY" IN THE SITE 213 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: PALAGONITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1480  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 213   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   165.98
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   163.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   164.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : XTLLINE, BASALTIC GLASS AT 8-10CM, VERY FINE-GRAINED
               BASALTIC ROCK AT BOTTOM OF SECTION;

  Alteration : WEATHERED LIGHT BROWN AT TOP OF SECTION;

  Comments   : LIGHT OLIVE GRAY, THE ROCKS WERE ROUNDED DURING
               CORING OPERATION;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):        4   Percent:
               SOME ROCKS CONTAIN LARGE VESICLES UP TO 4MM IN
               DIAMETER;


    

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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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