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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 340  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    74.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    74.32   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 4

ROCK = OL-PLAG MICROPHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC-INTERSERTAL,MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO GLASSY MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             FRESH;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   <1%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   40%)
             TURBID;

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             ( 1-10%)
             MAY BE PRESENT ONLY AS DEVITRIFIED GLASS*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm): 0.04-.15
             Percent:     3
             Filling: ZEOL,CELAD




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  780/ 820  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    74.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    74.80   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8B

ROCK = OL PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL,PHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   11%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   42%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    2%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN;

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)

             GLASS                     (   15%)
             PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):       <1
             Percent:    <1




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  170/ 220  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    81.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    81.70   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3

ROCK = OL-PLAG MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC-INTERGRANULAR,MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   >5%)
             FRESH*

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  1-5%)
             QUANTITY UNCERTAIN FOR PLAG*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   15%)
             QUANTITY UNCERTAIN FOR OL;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   45%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    1%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      0.1
             Percent:     2
             Filling: CELAD




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   20/ 130  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    81.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    83.08   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 1

ROCK = OL PHYRIC BASALT
       FRESH;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL,PHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   19%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   35%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   17%)

             MAGNETITE                 (    2%)

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)

             GLASS                     (   28%)
             PERCENTAGES ARRIVED AT BY POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):       <1
             Percent:     1




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  440/ 460  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    91.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    91.45   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 7

ROCK = OL SP MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC,GLASSY,SP MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO GLASSY MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   15%)

             GLASS                     (   80%)
             TURBID, ALTERED*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  .05-0.1
             Percent:     5




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  960/1000  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    91.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    91.98   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 13

ROCK = OL MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC,INTERGRANULAR,MICROPHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   >5%)
             Size(mm):         >1
             FRESH*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   40%)

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  .05-0.3
             Percent:     5




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1250/1280  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    91.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    92.26   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 16

ROCK = OL-CPX-PLAG MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL,GLOMEROPHYRIC,MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             FRESH,GLOMEROPHYRIC AGGREGATES;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  1-5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  1-5%)
             APPROX COMP AN65,FRESH,SOME ZONED,MOST HAVE SODIC
             RIMS,GLOMEROPHYRIC AGGREGATES;

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)
             Size(mm):    .03-.05  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             INCLUSIONS IN SOME OL MICROPHENOS,REDDISH BROWN,
             PICOTITE SPINEL*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (60-70%)
             ALTERED,GRAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   15%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   10%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (  1-3%)
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Replacing: GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  0.2-0.8
             Percent:    10
             Filling: SMEC




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1340/1380  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :    91.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :    92.36   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 18

ROCK = PLAG-OL PHYRIC BASALT
       ALTERED;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC,INTERGRANULAR,INTERSERTAL,PHYRIC;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (   20%)
             APPROX COMP AN65-70;

             OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             FRESH,.2MM SMALLER THAN PLAG*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   15%)
             ALTERED,TURID;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   25%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    5%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  .05-0.1
             Percent:     3
             Filling: ZEOL,CELAD




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/ 700  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   100.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   4   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   101.15   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8

ROCK = PLAG-OL PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             FRESH;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   22%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    3%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   18%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   28%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    2%)

             GLASS                     (   26%)
             PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):       <1
             Percent:     2




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   90/ 110  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 411   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   110.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   110.10   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 2

ROCK = CPX-OL-PLAG SP MICROPHYRIC BASALT
       ALTERED;
       Where sampled: NEXT MARGIN;
       Texture: VARIOLITIC,INTERGRANULAR,SP MICROPHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- CLINOPYROXENE             (  1-5%)

             OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             FRE SH;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   <1%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   27%)
             PRESENT IN TRACE AMOUNTS IN ORIGINAL ESTIMATE;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   54%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   37%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    5%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN,PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY
             POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      .02
             Percent:     6
             5% VESICLES ARE .02 MM, ID UNKNOWN FOR FILLING*




    

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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