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Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1320/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   410.00
Core:  44   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   408.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   409.82

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (132-134), 2 (136-138), 3 (138-141),
               4 (142-150);

  Texture    : FINE GRAINED, HOLOCRYSTALLINE APPEARING AND
               APHYRIC;

  Structure  : IRREGULARLY VEINED BY WHITE CARBONATE AND CHLORITE,
               PCE 3 HAS CARBONATE/CHLORITE VEIN WHICH IS 4 MM
               THICK, PCE 4 HAS CARBONATE/CHLORITE VEIN WHICH IS
               5 MM THICK, BASALT APPEARS FRESH GENERALLY EXCEPT
               CHLORITIZED NEAR VEINLETS;

  Alteration : FRESH;
               BASALT APPEARS FRESH GENERALLY EXCEPT CHLORITIZED
               NEAR VEINLETS;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GREY;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               CHLORITE
               IRREGULARLY VEINED BY WHITE CARBONATE AND
               CHLORITE (A FEW MM THICK);


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   411.50
Core:  44   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   408.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   410.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-9), 2 (10-17), 3 (17-26), 4 (26-35),
               5 (36-41), 6 (42-46), 7 (45-50), 8 (50-56),
               9 (56-60), 10 (60-66), 11 (66-84), 12 (84-94),
               13 (94-100), 14 (100-112), 15 (112-124),
               16 (124-132), 17 (133-141), 18 (141-150);

  Texture    : BRECCIA ON PCES 3-11, ON PCE 11 HAS BRECCIA + BASALT
               FRAGMENTS FROM 5 MM TO 1-2 CM IN BLUISH GREEN
               (POSSIBLY CHLORITIC) MATRIX;

  Structure  : DARK GREEN VEINS ON PCES 1 AND 2, VEIN OF CALCITE
               + QUESTIONABLY CHLORITE, CHLORITE/CALCITE VEIN
               ON PCE 4, PCES 8-10 HAVE BLUISH GREEN VEINS IN
               BRECCIA MATRIX (2-5 MM THICK), PCE 12 HAS BLUISH
               GREEN VEINS (POSSIBLY CHLORITIC), PCE 13 HAS VEINS
               (1-2 MM) IN BASALT, PCE 14 HAS DARK GREEN TO WHITE
               VEIN, ON PCE 15 BASALT IS CUT BY WHITE TO GREEN
               VEINS (2-5 MM) THICK, BASALT SIMILAR TO THAT OF
               CORE 44 SECTION 1 BUT MORE VEINED WITH LOCAL
               BASALTIC BRECCIA, PCES 17 AND 18 BASALT CUT
               BY WHITE TO DARK GREEN VEINS (2-5 MM) THICK;

  Comments   : BASALT SIMILAR TO THAT OF CORE 44 SECTION 1 BUT
               MORE VEINED WITH LOCAL BASALTIC BRECCIA, FOR MORE
               INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINS;

               CHLORITE
               IN VEINS;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   411.60
Core:  44   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   408.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   411.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Structure  : VEIN ON BASE CONTAINS (1 CM X 0.5 CM) PATCH OF
               SULFIDE AND POSSIBLY PYRITE;

  Comments   : SAME LITHOLOGY BUT VEIN ON BASE CONTAINS (1 CM X
               0.5 CM) PATCH OF SULFIDE AND POSSIBLY PYRITE, SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

  Replacement: PYRITE
               IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN FOR PYRITE;

               SULFIDE


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1340/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   419.50
Core:  45   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   418.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   419.34

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (134-140), 2 (141-146), 3 (146-150);

  Texture    : PCE 2 SEEMS TO SHOW GLASSY OR DEVITRIFIED DARK GREY
               GLASSY RIM GRADING DOWN TO LIGHT GREY BASALT;

  Comments   : PCE 2 SEEMS TO SHOW GLASSY OR DEVITRIFIED DARK GREY
               GLASSY RIM GRADING DOWN TO LIGHT GREY BASALT, PCE 3
               IS MEDIUM YELLOW (10 YR 5/4) BASALT, SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS
               FOR MORE INFORMATION;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   421.00
Core:  45   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   418.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   419.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           BASALTIC BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (1-5), 2 (6-10), 3 (11-15), 4 (15-22),
               5 (23-25), 6 (25-27), 7 (28-30), 8 (30-32),
               9 (32-36), 10 (36-40), 11 (40-44), 12 (44-47),
               13 (47-49), 14 (49-54), 15 (54-59), 16 (59-61),
               17 (62-64), 18 (64-68), 19 (69-74), 20 (74-76)
               21 (77-79), 22 (77-79), 23 (79-84), 24 (85-87),
               25 (85-89), 26 (89-92), 27 (90-95), 28 (95-100),
               29 (100-104), 30 (103-106), 31 (103-106),
               32 (106-109), 33 (109-112), 34 (112-117),
               35 (116-119), 36 (119-125), 37 (125-129),
               38 (129-136), 39 (137-140), 40 (140-143),
               41 (142-145), 42 (145-148), 43 (148-150);

  Texture    : MOSTLY FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED BASALT AND BASALTIC
               BRECCIA, PCE 16 IS BASALTIC BRECCIA WITH CARBONATE
               MATRIX;

  Structure  : INTERVAL (43-129 CM) IS CARBONATE VEINED - VESICULAR
               TO AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT WITH GREEN BRECCIA VEINLET
               OR VEINS, PCE 34 HAS BASALT CUT BY CARBONATE VEINS
               (1 MM), PCE 37 HAS BASALT CUT BY CARBONATE VEINS
               (1 MM THICK), INTERVAL (129-150 CM) IS CARBONATE
               VEINED - VESICULAR TO AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT - FREE
               OF GREEN BRECCIA VEINS;

  Alteration : MOSTLY FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED BASALT AND BASALT
               BRECCIA;

  Comments   : MOSTLY FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED BASALT AND BASALT
               BRECCIA, GREYISH BLUE GREEN WITH MANY SMALL PIECES,
               GREEN PCE 2, INTERVAL (22-43 CM) MEDIUM GREY BASALT,
               PCES 9-11 ORIENTED VERTICALLY BUT CORES COULD HAVE
               BEEN ROTATED - PCE 9 ESPECIALLY LOOKED AS IF IT HAD
               BEEN ROTATED NINETY DEGREES DURING DRILLING, PCE 4
               GREY AND WHITE, INTERVAL (22-34 CM) IS MEDIUM GREY
               BASALT, PCES 16-17 IS BASALT BRECCIA WITH MAINLY
               CARBONATE MATRIX, PCES 19-23 BASALT, PCES 24-26
               BASALT, BASE OF PCE 23 IS BRECCIA, PCES 27-28
               GREEN BRECCIA, PCE 29 BASALT AND BRECCIA;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling:
               Shape   : ELONGATE
               PCES 9-11 SHOW ELONGATE VESICLES;
               INTERVAL (22-150) VESICULAR TO AMYGDALOIDAL ;

  Replacement: CARBONATE


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 274   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   421.10
Core:  45   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   418.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   421.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           BRECCIA;

  Comments   : 8 CM OF SOME BRECCIA BASALT, 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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