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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   261.10
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   252.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   261.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : GOOD GLASSY CONTACT BETWEEN MOTTLED BASALT AND
               CHERTY CHALK, FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : DENSE;

  Alteration : ALTERED TO BADLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : LIGHT GRAY TO DARK GRAY;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  910/1500  Analyst: Matter, A.
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   262.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   261.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   261.91

LITHOLOGY: THOLEIITIC DIABASE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 9 (91-94), 8 (95-101), 7 (102-105), 6 (105-115),
               5 (115-120), 4 (120-129), 3 (129-135), 2 (135-115),
               1 (140-150);

  Texture    : CHILLED MARGINS IN PCE 5 AND AT TOP OF PCE 1;

  Structure  : PCES 9+8+6+4-2 ARE FRACTURED AND HAVE CALCITE VEINS;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO CORE DESCRIPTIONS IN
               SITE 221 CHAPTER OF INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : PCE 6 IS VESICULAR, PCE 1 HAS AMYGDULES AND
               VESICLES;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Matter, A.
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   264.00
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   261.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   262.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 18 (0-5), 17 (5-14), 16 (15-30), 15 (31-44),
               14 (45-53), 13 (54-60), 12 (60-70), 11 (70-75),
               10 (75-79), 9 (80-84), 8 (85-100), 7 (101-110),
               6 (111-125), 5 (125-130), 4 (130-134), 3 (135-141),
               2 (141-145), 1 (145-150);

  Texture    : CHILLED MARGINS AT 14CM, 70CM, AND 100CM;

  Structure  : PARTLY FRACTURED WITH CALCITE VEINS;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO CORE DESCRIPTIONS IN
               SITE 221 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS, RADIOLARIAN
               RICH LIMESTONE AT BOTTOM OF SECTION;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   10/1500  Analyst: Matter, A.
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   265.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   261.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   264.01

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 17 (1-10), 16 (10-16), 15 (17-26), 14 (27-33),
               13 (34-41), 12 (39-55), 11 (55-57), 10 (57-70),
               9 (70-76), 8 (75-80), 7 (80-95), 6 (95-100),
               5 (100-118), 4 (119-130), 3 (131-144), 2 (145-147),
               1 (147-150);

  Texture    : CHILLED MARGINS AT 58CM, 100CM, AND 142CM;

  Structure  : PARTLY FRACTURED WITH CALCITE VEINS;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO LITHOLOGY SUMMARY IN
               SITE 221 CHAPTER OF INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500  Analyst: Matter, A.
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   267.00
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   261.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   265.55

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 23 (5-11), 22 (11-25), 21 (26-31), 20 (31-41),
               19 (42-49), 18 (49-52), 17 (53-60), 16 (60-66),
               15 (67-70), 14 (70-75), 13 (75-80), 12 (80-84),
               11 (85-89), 10 (90-97), 9 (97-100), 8 (100-104),
               7 (104-110), 6 (110-114), 5 (115-120), 4 (121-132),
               3 (132-136), 2 (135-146), 1 (146-150);

  Texture    : CHILLED MARGIN AT 48CM;

  Structure  : PARTLY FRACTURED WITH CALCITE VEINS;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION REFER TO THE LITHOLOGY
               SUMMARY IN THE SITE 221 CHAPTER OF THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 221   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   267.10
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   261.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   267.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : CUT BY APPROX. 10% CALCITE VEINS;

  Alteration : ALTERED LIGHT GRAY TO BROWNISH-GRAY;

  Comments   : BROWN OXIDIZED ZONES BORDER VEINS;

  Replacement: CALCITE


    

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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