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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1300/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   248.50
Core:   9   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   247.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   248.30

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : HIGHLY ALTERED FINE-GRAINED BASALT, DRILLING BRECCIA
               ABOVE BASALT;

  Structure  : CARBONATE VEINS;

  Alteration : HIGHLY ALTERED FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Comments   : PATCHES OF GREENISH GREY (5 G 6/1) AND GREYISH
               BROWN (10 YR 5/2) LOCATED ABOVE BASALT,
               DRILLING BRECCIA ABOVE BASALT,
               SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               CARBONATE VEINS;

               CHLORITE

               SERPENTINITE
               FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SERP AND CHLOR SEE THE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   250.00
Core:   9   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   247.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   248.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : FINE GRAINED AND ALTERED;

  Structure  : FRACTURED BASALT WITH CARBONATE, VEINS + GREEN
               MINERAL, BRECCIATED VEIN (QUESTIONABLE PEGMATITE)
               AT 55 CM APPROXIMATELY 2 CM WIDE, CARBONATE AND
               SERPENTINE OCCUPY SAME FRACTURES;

  Alteration : FINE GRAINED AND ALTERED;

  Comments   : DARK GREENISH GREY (5 GY 4/1) AND GREEN GREY
               (5GY 6/1) BASALT, BRECCIATED VEIN (QUESTIONABLE
               PEGMATITE) AT 55 CM;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               SERPENTINITE
               CARBONATE AND SERP IN FRACTURES;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   251.50
Core:   9   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   247.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   250.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : FINE GRAINED BASALT AS IN CORE 9 SECTION 2 INTERVAL
               (0-43 CM), MEDIUM GRAINED BELOW CONTACT AT 43 CM,
               FINE GRAINED BASALT INTERVAL (80-100 CM);

  Structure  : MUCH SERPENTINE VEINING (0-5 CM) PARALLEL TO
               ZONING INTERVAL (0-43 CM), FEWER CARBONATE VEINS
               THAN ABOVE IN PORTION OF SECTION BELOW CONTACT;

  Comments   : SHARP INCLINED CONACT AT 43 CM;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               SERPENTINITE
               CARBONATE AND SERP VEINING;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  830/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   258.00
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   256.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   257.33

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : (N 5), SAME AS LOWER PORTION CORE 9 SECTION 3,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   259.50
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   256.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   258.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Structure  : TWO CARBONATE VEINS (2 MM WIDE);

  Comments   : (N 5), SAME AS LOWER PORTION OF CORE 9 SECTION 3,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               TWO CARBONATE VEINS ( 2 MM WIDE);


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   261.00
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   256.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   259.70

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : SAME AS LOWER PORTION OF CORE 9 SECTION 3, SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   262.50
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   256.50
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   261.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : SAME AS LOWER PORTION CORE 9 SECTION 3 (10-60 CM),
               BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY FINER (60-90 CM), FINEST AT
               90 CM, AFTER 90 CM BASALT BECOMES COARSER AGAIN,
               AT AROUND 11O CM BASALT RETURNS TO MEDIUM GRAINED
               TEXTURE;

  Comments   : (N 5), SAME AS LOWER PORTION OF CORE 9 SECTION 3,
               BELOW 90 CM BASALT BECOMES (N 4) GREY FROM HERE ON,
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   264.00
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   256.50
Sect:  5    Top of Section Depth(m):   262.80

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : MEDIUM GRAINED BASALT LIKE BASE OF CORE 10 SECTION
               4;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, OCCASIONAL FINE (LESS THAN 1 MM) CALCITE
               VEINS AS SEEN AT 95 CM;

  Comments   : (N 4), SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
               IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  110/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   264.50
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   263.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   263.11

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Structure  : OCCASIONAL CALCITE VEINS (LESS THAN 1 MM) AS SEEN
               AT 137 CM;

  Comments   : SAME AS CORE 10 SECTION 5 EXCEPT COLOR HERE IS
               (N 5) LIKE CORE 10 SECTION 2, SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS
               FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   266.00
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   263.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   264.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : BASALT SAME AS CORE 11 SECTION 1, GRAIN SIZE
               DECREASES AT 55 CM - FINEST GRAIN SIZE IS AT 60 CM
                - THEN GRAIN SIZE INCREASES AGAIN TO 68 CM - USUAL
               TEXTURE AGAIN AFTER 68 CM, OCCASIONAL BRECCIAS AS
               SEEN AT 133 CM;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, OCCASIONAL CALCITE VEINS AND BRECCIAS AS
               SEEN AT 133 CM;

  Comments   : BASALT SAME AS CORE 11 SECTION 1, SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS
               FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINS;


Leg : 26    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  130/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 256   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   267.50
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   263.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   266.13

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : BASALT SAME AS CORE 11 SECTION 1;

  Structure  : FRACTURED, CALCITE VEINS AS SEEN AT 90 CM;

  Comments   : BASALT SAME AS CORE 11 SECTION 1, SEE CORE FORM AND
               LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR
               MORE INFORMATION;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINS;


    

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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