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Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  830/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   335.33   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 4

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):     .03X.1  Morphology: FIBROUS

Alteration - CELADON
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Filling: CELADONITE




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1170/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   335.67   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8A

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   41%)
             Size(mm):     .12X.4

             PYROXENE                  (   17%)
             Size(mm):         .1

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    8%)

Alteration - ALTERED MINERALS          (   34%)




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   60/  80  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   336.07   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 1A

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   32%)

             PYROXENE                  (   21%)
             MUCH MORE ALTERED THAN PLAG(TO OLIVE BROWN
             MONTMORILLONITE(?));

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   12%)

Alteration - ALTERED MINERALS          (   35%)




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  480/ 500  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   336.49   Sect/Pc #:  2/

ROCK = BASALT
       SOURCE IS IR;
       Texture: INTERGRANULAR*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE

             PYROXENE
             PLAG AND PYX LARGELY UNALTERED*

Alteration - MONTMORILLONITE
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: PATCHES IN
             Location: GROUNDMASS
             OLIVE-BROWN*

Vesicles   -
             Filling: MONTMORILLONITE




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  590/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   336.59   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 5A

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE

             PYROXENE
             PLAG AND PYX OCCASIONALLY INTERGROWN IN SHEAVES,
             THIS SAMPLE MUCH LESS ALTERED THAN 15-2-6-8 AND
             15-2-134*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1390/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   334.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   337.39   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 7B

ROCK = BASALT;

Alteration - CALCITE
             Location: 3MM VEIN




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/ 690  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   338.17   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   34%)

             PYROXENE                  (    8%)
             ALTERATION OF PYX IS EXTENSIVE,PLAG IS LESS SO,
             ALTERATION PRODUCT IS OLIVE BROWN MONTMORILLONITE;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   18%)

Alteration -
             COMPOSED OF CALCITE,CELADONITE,CHALCEDONY AND SOME
             MONTMORILLONITE(?)*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   339.50   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 8

ROCK = BASALT;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE

             PYROXENE
             MOST OF PLAG AND PYX OCCURS INTERGROWN IN SHEAVES
             (.3X.8MM)*

Alteration -
             CALCITE VEIN CONTAINS FECAL PELLETS WHICH ARE
             OCCASIONALLY REPLACED BY PYRITE*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1300/1320  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   340.31   Sect/Pc #:  2/

ROCK = BASALT
       SAME AS 32-304-15-2-48-50 EXCEPT CALCITE FILLS
       SOME VESICLES AND MONTMORILLONITE IS MORE YELLOW,
       SOURCE IS IR*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  740/ 760  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   341.25   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 10

ROCK = BASALT
       FAIRLY FRESH;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   44%)

             PYROXENE                  (   38%)
             MUCH OF THE PLAG AND PYX IS INTERGROWN IN SHEAVES
             (.3X.8MM);

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    8%)

             GLASS                     (    4%)
             ID UNCERTAIN FOR GLASS*

Alteration - ALTERED MINERALS          (    6%)
             INCLUDES INTERSTITIAL PATCHES OF OLIVE BROWN
             MONTMORILLONITE*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/ 470  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   342.46   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 6

ROCK = BASALT;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL-FEATHERY
       XTLLINITY VARIES FROM INTERSERTAL(PLAG LATHS AND
       APPROX EQUANT PYX GRAINS) TO FEATHERY*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Morphology: LATHS

             PYROXENE
             Morphology: EQUANT
             ALTERED TO OLIVE BROWN MONTMORILLONITE*




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1150/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   337.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   343.15   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 12

ROCK = BASALT;
       Texture:
       LESS FEATHERY THAN 16-4-45-47*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   28%)

             PYROXENE                  (   39%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   17%)

Alteration - ALTERED MINERALS          (   16%)




Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1130/   0  Describer: Marshall, M.
Hole: 304   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   343.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  17   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   344.13   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 2

ROCK = BASALT;
       Texture: FEATHERY
       SOMEWHAT FEATHERY IN PLACES*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   36%)

             PYROXENE                  (   35%)
             FAIRLY MUCH ALTERED TO OLIVE BROWN
             MONTMORILLONITE;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   12%)

Alteration - MONTMORILLONITE
             Replacing: PYX

             ALTERED MINERALS          (   17%)




    

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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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