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Leg : 37    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   20/ 160  Analyst: Wright, T.
Hole: 332D  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   142.16
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.02

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CHALK);

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-7), 2 (8-16);


Leg : 37    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  180/ 230  Analyst: Wright, T.
Hole: 332D  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   142.23
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.18

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 3 (18-23);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, GLASSY RIND;

  Alteration : FRESH;


Leg : 37    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/ 260  Analyst: Wright, T.
Hole: 332D  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   142.26
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.24

LITHOLOGY: VESICULAR APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 4 (24-26);

  Texture    : APHYRIC;

  Alteration : FRESH;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR;


Leg : 37    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  260/ 380  Analyst: Wright, T.
Hole: 332D  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   142.38
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.26

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (LITHIFIED CHALK);

  Piece No.  : PCE 5 (26-29), 6 (31-38);

  Comments   : LARGE PIECE OF GLASS-PALAGONITE EMBEDDED IN CHALK;


Leg : 37    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/ 720  Analyst: Wright, T.
Hole: 332D  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   142.72
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.40

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 7 (40-47), 8 (49-54), 9 (55-60), 10 (63-72);

  Texture    : APHYRIC;

  Alteration : FRESH;

  Comments   : PCE 10 CONTAINS KNIFE EDGE CONTACT ON TOP BETWEEN
               BAKED CHALK AND CHILLED APHYRIC BASALT;
               DIAMOND BIT USED ON THIS HOLE;


    

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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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