Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 245   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   389.10
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   389.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   389.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 245   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   393.10
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   393.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   393.10

LITHOLOGY: DIABASIC BASALT;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Vallier, T.
Hole: 245   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   396.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   395.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   395.00

LITHOLOGY: DIABASIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-19), 2 (19-30), 3 (30-44), 4 (44-60),
               5 (60-74), 6 (74-90), 7 (90-101), 8 (101-116),
               9 (116-121), 10 (121-134), 11 (134-150);

  Texture    : COARSE GRAINED (BASALT) OR MEDIUM GRAINED (DIABASE);

  Structure  : VEINS OF CHLORITE AND CALCITE IN ALL FRAGMENTS
               EXCEPT PCES 5 AND 6 (60-90 CM), SMALL HAIRLINE
               FRACTURES SLIGHTLY ALTERED IN MOST;

  Alteration : GREENISH BLACK (5 G 2/1) ON FRESH SURFACES, SMALL
               HAIRLINE FRACTURES SLIGHTLY ALTERED IN MOST;

  Comments   : (5 G 2/1) GREENISH BLACK ON FRESH SURFACES;

  Replacement: CHLORITE

               CALCITE
               VEINS OF CHLORITE AND CALCITE IN ALL FRAGMENTS
               EXCEPT PCES 5 AND 6 (60-90 CM);


Leg : 25    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 245   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   396.60
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   395.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   396.60

LITHOLOGY: DIABASIC BASALT;

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

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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