Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1090  Analyst:
Hole: 253   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   219.09
Core:  24   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   218.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   218.80

LITHOLOGY: BASALT (VESICULAR);

  Texture    : VESICULAR BASALT WITH CARBONATE FILLINGS AND CRUST;

  Comments   : CONTACT AT 109 CM BETWEEN BASALT AND ASH LAYER, SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CARB
               VESICULAR BASALT WITH CARBONATE FILLINGS AND
               CRUST;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               IN VESICLES;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1090/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 253   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   219.50
Core:  24   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   218.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   219.09

LITHOLOGY: VOLCANIC ASH;

  Texture    : GRADATION AT 122 CM DOWNWARD INTO CARBONATE RICH
               AGGLOMERATE (WHICH LIES BELOW 130 CM) AND CLASTS
               OF MAXIMUM SIZE OF 1.5 CM;

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

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               BELOW 130 CM IS A CARBONATE RICH AGGLOMERATE WITH
               CLASTS (MAXIMUM SIZE OF 1.5 CM);


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  440/ 600  Analyst:
Hole: 253   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   228.10
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   227.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   227.94

LITHOLOGY: BASALT SCORIA;

  Texture    : SCORIA WITH SOME CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLINGS WITH
               HOLES LARGER THAN PREVIOUS SECTION, TWO FRAGMENTS
               OF SIZE 3 X 5 CM, FINE GRAINED ASH INTERVAL 65-85 CM

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

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CARB
               SCORIA WITH SOME CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLINGS;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               SCORIA WITH SOME CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLINGS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 253   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   229.00
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   227.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   228.10

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAY);
           FINE-GRAINED ASH;

  Texture    : SEMI-LITHIFIED CONGLOMERATE CLAY WITH ROUNDED TO
               SUB-ROUNDED CLASTS UP TO 1 CM IN DIAMETER, CLASTS
               OF DARK GREENISH BLACK MATRIX AND A FEW WHITE
               CALCIUM CARBONATE PATCHES WITH POSSIBLY SOME SHELL
               FRAGMENTS;

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

  Replacement: CARBONATE


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 360  Analyst:
Hole: 253   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   558.36
Core:  58   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   558.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   558.00

LITHOLOGY: OLIVINE BASALT;

  Texture    : FOUR GLASSY OLIVINE BASALT PIECES;

  Comments   : THIRTY-SIX CM OF GLASSY OLIVINE BASALT (FOUR
               PIECES);

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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