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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/ 100  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    34.10
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    34.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    34.08

LITHOLOGY: IGNEOUS PEBBLE;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : ICE-RAFTED IGNEOUS PEBBLE, MN COATED EXCEPT ON ONE
               EDGE, APPARENTLY IT LAY ON SURFACE OF SEDIMENT ON
               THE EDGE WITHOUT MN COATING;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    35.50
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    34.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    34.08

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAY);


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  770/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    40.00
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    34.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):    39.27

LITHOLOGY: FELSITIC INTRUSIVES;
           IGNEOUS;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED, INTERVALS 77-81 &
               117-123 & 125-126 & 144-148CM;

  Comments   : THESE 4 PIECES ARE ICE-RAFTED FELSITIC INTRUSIVES;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  270/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    40.00
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    34.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):    38.77

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (SILTY CLAY);


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  260/1100  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   168.10
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   167.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   167.26

LITHOLOGY: IGNEOUS & METAMORPHIC GRAVEL;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : ROCK FRAGMENTS;

  Comments   : MOSTLY IGNEOUS WITH SOME METAMORPHIC MIXED IN WITH
               UPPER PART OF LOWER UNIT, MAXIMUM SIZE 1CM, AVERAGE
               SIZE 3-5MM;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   168.50
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   167.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   168.10

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAY);


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1450/1480  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   168.48
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   167.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   168.45

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : CLAY CONTAINS ONE ICE-RAFTED IGNEOUS BASALTIC
               PEBBLE;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 150  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   170.15
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   167.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   170.10

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAY);


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  120/ 150  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   170.15
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   167.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   170.12

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Comments   : CLAY CONTAINS TWO GRAY (N2) BASALT PEBBLES WITH
               BLACK FINE CRYSTALS;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 150  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   182.65
Core:   3   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   176.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   182.60

LITHOLOGY: GRANITE;
           SEDIMENT (SILTSTONE & MUDSTONE & CLAY);

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : OLIVE GRAY (5GY 8/1) DIATOM CLAY CONTAINS PEBBLES OF
               GRANITE & SILTSTONE & MUDSTONE;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 620  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   292.62
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   290.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   292.00

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (SANDSTONE & QUARTZ CLAYEY SILTSTONE);
           FORMATION GRAVEL;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : COMPOSED OF MIXED DRILL CUTTINGS & FORMATION SAND &
               GRAVEL, ICE-RAFTED, SILICIOUS CEMENT, FORMATION
               GRAVEL SAME AS THAT IN INTERVAL 62-150CM;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  620/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   293.50
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   290.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   292.62

LITHOLOGY: FORMATION GRAVEL;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : COMPOSED OF IGNEOUS & METAMORPHIC ROCK FRAGMENTS,
               FINE GRAVEL SIZE, THESE COULD BE RESIDUUM OF
               ICE-RAFTED PARTICLES LEFT AS CLAY WAS LED OUT OF
               HOLE BY PUMPS OR THEY COULD HAVE FALLEN IN THE HOLE
               FROM A LAYER(S) OF GRAVEL;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   295.00
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   290.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   293.50

LITHOLOGY: FORMATION GRAVEL;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS SEC 2;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  840/ 950  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   294.45
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   290.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   294.34

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAYSTONE);

  Comments   : CONTAINS NO ICE-RAFTED MATERIAL;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   295.10
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   290.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   295.10

LITHOLOGY: FORMATION GRAVEL;
           BASALT;
           SEDIMENT (SILT-SANDSTONE);

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : FORMATION GRAVEL OF IGNEOUS & METAMORPHIC GRAINS AS
               IN SECS 2&3 & ICE-RAFTED INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS-BASIC &
               SILT-SANDSTONE;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   406.00
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   404.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   405.15

LITHOLOGY: MAFIC IGNEOUS PEBBLES;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED, INTERVALS 65-73 &
               110-113CM;

  Comments   : ICE-RAFTED BASALT PEBBLES--PROBABLY FALLEN FROM
               HIGHER IN HOLE;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   406.00
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   404.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   405.15

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (SILTSTONE & CLAYSTONE);


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  690/1030  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   407.03
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   404.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   406.69

LITHOLOGY: FORMATION GRAVEL;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS CORE 4;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1030/1500  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   407.50
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   404.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   407.03

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CLAYSTONE);
           IGNEOUS PEBBLES;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : CLAYSTONE CONTAINS ICE-RAFTED IGNEOUS PEBBLES;


Leg : 35    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 100  Analyst: Edgar, N.T.
Hole: 325   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   482.10
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   482.10

LITHOLOGY: IGNEOUS PEBBLES;
           SEDIMENT (CLAYSTONE);

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : CLAYSTONE CONTAINS ICE-RAFTED IGNEOUS PEBBLES;

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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