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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1400  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   719.90
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   718.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   719.10

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Texture    : DEVITRIFIED WEATHERED GLASSY OLIVINE BASALT, COARSE
               SUBOPHITIC OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : WEATHERED APPEARANCE THROUGHOUT + BRECCIATED AND
               VEINED, VEINED WITH CALCITE;

  Comments   : BLACK (5 Y 2/1), WEATHERED AND BRECCIATED, SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Phenocrysts: OLIVINE
               DEVITRIFIED WEATHERED GLASSY OLIVINE BASALT,
               COARSE SUBOPHITIC OLIVINE BASALT;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               VEINED WITH CALCITE;

               ZEOLITE


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1450  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   721.45
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   718.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   720.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEINING IN BRECCIATED ZONES TO 2CM ACROSS,
               VEINED WITH GREEN PREHNITE THROUGHOUT UP TO 0.5 CM
               WIDE, CALCITE VEINING, CALCITE VEINS WITH RANDOM
               ORIENTATION;

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

  Replacement: CALCITE

               PREHNITE
               CALCITE AND PREHNITE IN VEINS, CALCITE IN

               BRECCIATED                (ED ZO%)
               Size(mm): NES;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   723.00
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   718.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   721.50

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : LESS PREHNITE VEINING THAN SECTION 2;

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

  Replacement: PREHNITE
               LESS PREHNITE VEINING THAN SECTION 2;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 300  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   729.30
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   729.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : FRACTURED AND VEINED;

  Comments   : WEATHERED TO CORE 26 SECTION 4 AT 100 CM, LIGHT
               OLIVE GRAY (5 Y 6/1), SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE
               INFORMATION;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   732.00
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   730.50

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Texture    : INCREASE IN GRAIN SIZE WITH RESPECT TO CORE 25;

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


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   733.50
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   732.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : CALCITE AND PREHNITE VEINING THROUGHOUT BUT LESS
               THAN IN CORE 25, WEATHERING FOLLOWS CALCITE VEINS;

  Alteration : ALTERED + FRESH AND WEATHERED;

  Comments   : WEATHERING FOLLOWS CALCITE VEINS, CONTACT OF BASALT
               TO BASALT, SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
               IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               VESICLES WITH CALCITE;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINING, CALCITE FILLS VESICLES;

               PREHNITE
               IN VEINS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   735.00
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   733.50

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : PREHNITE VEINING LESS OBVIOUS;

  Alteration : OVERALL FRESH;

  Comments   : WEATHERED, LIGHT OLIVE GREY (5 Y 6/1), SEE CORE
               FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               ABUNDANT CALCITE VESICLES;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               ABUNDANT CALCITE VESICLES;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   736.50
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  5    Top of Section Depth(m):   735.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Structure  : VERY LITTLE APPARENT PREHNITE VEINING;

  Alteration : PARTICULARLY FRESH;

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


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: McKelvey, B.C.
Hole: 250A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   738.00
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   729.00
Sect:  6    Top of Section Depth(m):   736.50

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Texture    : OVERALL INCREASE IN GRAIN SIZE THROUGHOUT WHOLE
               BASALT SECTION;

  Structure  : VERY LITTLE APPARENT PREHNITE VEINING;

  Alteration : PARTICULARLY FRESH;

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

  Replacement: PREHNITE
               VERY LITTLE APPARENT PREHNITE VEINING;

               CALCITE

               SERPENTINITE
               CHRYSOTILE?;

               CHRYSOTILE
               ID UNCERTAIN;


    

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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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