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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  460/ 710  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   204.21
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   203.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   203.96

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (NANNO CHALK);

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (48-51), 2 (52-54), 4 (58-60), 5 (59-61),
               9 (68-71);


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  530/ 810  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   204.31
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   203.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   204.03

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (LIMESTONE);

  Piece No.  : PCES 3 (54-57), 6 (60-64), 7 (65-67), 8 (64-66),
               10 (66-70), 13 (79-81);


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/1500  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   205.00
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   203.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   204.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 11 (70-76), 12 (76-80), 14 (81-86), 15 (86-90),
               16 (90-96), 17 (92-100), 18 (96-105), 19 (99-102),
               20 (102-110), 21 (110-113), 22 (114-118),
               23 (119-124), 24 (125-127), 25 (127-131),
               26 (131-135), 27 (131-135), 28 (135-144),
               29 (140-146), 30 (142-148), 31 (148-150);

  Structure  : AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT CUT IRREGULARLY BY CALCITE
               VEINLETS;

  Alteration : PARTLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : MEDIUM DARK TO DARK GREY, PCES 16 + 17 + 18 ARE
               PARTS OF SAME CORE PIECE, N3 TO N4;

  Vesicles   : AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               CALCITE VEINLETS;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 300  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   205.30
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   203.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   205.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-8), 2 (7-10), 3 (11-19), 4 (11-19),
               5 (22-29), 6 (19-28);

  Texture    : DENSE, SOME GLASS;

  Comments   : DENSE DARK, NUMBERS 3 + 4 + 6 CAN BE REFITTED
               TOGETHER AS ONE PIECE, SOME GLASS;

  Vesicles   : AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT;

  Groundmass : GLASS
               SOME GLASS;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   211.50
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   210.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   210.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-3), 2 (2-6), 3 (4-9), 4 (7-10),
               5 (10-15), 6 (10-12), 7 (11-15), 8 (15-24),
               9 (24-31), 10 (31-39), 11 (39-42), 12 (43-45),
               13 (45-51), 14 (53-59), 15 (59-64), 16 (63-72),
               17 (73-77), 18 (77-87), 19 (88-94), 20 (94-99),
               21 (99-103), 22 (104-111), 23 (111-122),
               24 (122-129), 25 (131-134), 26 (131-133),
               27 (134-139), 28 (140-144), 29 (144-150);

  Texture    : PCES 1-7 APPEARING DENSE AND SLIGHTLY PORPHYRITIC,
               ON PCE 8 GLASS AT LEAST 2 CM THICK ON TOP OF PIECE,
               GLASS ON BOTTOM EDGE OF PCE 9 AND TOP OF PCE 10
               ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 CM EACH, ON PCE 17 GLASS -
               SELVAGE AT LEAST 2 CM THICK ON TOP OF PIECE;

  Structure  : PCES 1-7 SHOW BASALT CUT IRREGULARLY BY CALCITE
               VEINLETS ABOUT 1-3 CM WIDE, CORE IN GENERAL IS
               BADLY FRACTURED;

  Alteration : BASALT MEDIUM GREY (N5) ON FRESH SUFRACE
               (SEE PCES 1-7), PCES 13 AND 14 ARE STRONGLY
               ALTERED APPEARING;

  Comments   : WEATHERED, BASALT MEDIUM GREY (N5), MOSTLY SAME
               THROUGH ENTIRE CORE;

  Vesicles   : PCE 12 IS STRONGLY AMYGDALOIDAL, PCES 16-18 ARE
               SLIGHTLY AMYGDALOIDAL, PCE 24 IS AMYGDALOIDAL;

  Groundmass : GLASS
               SEE PCES 8-10 AND PCE 17;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 150  Analyst: Piper, D.J.W.
Hole: 267   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   211.65
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   210.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   211.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-8), 2 (0-9), 3 (9-12), 4 (12-14),
               5 (12-14);

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


    

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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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