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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Vennum, W.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   113.00
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   110.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   111.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-9), 2 (11-16), 3 (18-25), 4 (25-30),
               5 (31-42), 6 (44-49), 7 (51-59), 8 (61-71),
               9 (73-80), 10 (83-90), 11 (92-99), 12 (101-108),
               13 (111-120), 14 (121-132), 15 (134-138),
               16 (141-148);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,RINDS OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA IN SOME PCES,
               BRECCIA CONSISTS OF CREAMY WHITE LIMESTONE WITH
               CLASTS OF ANGULAR TO SUB-ROUNDED RED-BROWN
               PALAGONITIZED GLASS & GLASSY-TO-FINE-GRAINED BASALT
               IDENTICAL TO THE MAIN PART OF THE FLOW,APHANITIC TO
               FINE-GRAINED,EVEN TEXTURED;

  Structure  : VEINS OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA IN SOME PCES;

  Comments   : INTERPRETATION-HYALOCLASTITE FORMED ON FRONTAL EDGE
               OF FLOW;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):  0.1-0.2   Percent:     5
               Location:            Filling: CARB,GLASS
               ALMOST ALL PCES ARE VERY FINELY VESICULAR WITH
               OCCASIONAL LONGER VESICLES TO 8MM,VESICLES LARGELY
               EMPTY BUT SOME FILLED WITH CARB OR LINED WITH
               GLASS;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE               ( RARE%)

               OLIVINE                   ( RARE%)
               RARE SCATTERED MICROPHENOS OF PLAG & OL;


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 740  Analyst: Vennum, W.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   115.74
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   115.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   115.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-8), 2 (12-18), 3 (19-24), 4 (27-35),
               5 (38-44), 6 (47-55), 7A (57-64), 7B (62-65),
               8 (67-74);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,HYALOPILITIC,SEVERAL PCES HAVE RINDS OF
               LIMESTONE BRECCIA-CREAMY WHITE LIMESTONE WITH CLASTS
               OF ANGULAR TO SUBROUND RED-BROWN PALAGONITIZED GLASS
               & GLASSY-TO-FINE-GRAINED BASALT IDENTICAL TO THE
               MAIN PART OF THE FLOW,THE GLASSIER SAMPLES ARE
               NON-VESICULAR,APHANITIC;

  Structure  : SEVERAL PCES HAVE VEINS OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA;

  Comments   : VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO CORE 1-2;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):  0.1-0.2   Percent:     5
               Location:            Filling: GLASS
               MOST VESICLES EMPTY BUT SOME LINED WITH GLASS;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE

               OLIVINE
               RARE SCATTERED MICROPHENOS OF PLAG & OL;


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 740  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   125.24
Core:   3   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   124.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   124.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (3-7), 2 (12-14), 3 (18-19), 4 (24-28),
               5 (32-37), 6 (41-47), 8 (62-64), 9 (69-74);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,APHANITIC;

  Structure  : PCE 3 CONTAINS AS INCLUSION OF LIMESTONE;

  Comments   : COLOR VARIES FROM GRAY TO GREENISH-GRAY;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 1-2+6+8-9,DARK COLOR,PRETTY FRESH;
               EXTENSIVELY
               PCE 3,COLOR GREENISH-GRAY;
               MOD
               PCES 4-5,GRAY COLOR;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):  0.1-0.5   Percent:
               PCES 4+5 FEW VESICLES PRESENT,UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION,
               RARELY UP TO 2MM IN SIZE;


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 740  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   125.24
Core:   3   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   124.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   124.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALTIC BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCE 7 (54-57);

  Texture    : FRAGMENTS CONSIST OF VERY ALTERED FINE-GRAINED
               BASALT & VOLCANIC GLASS(FRESH & ALTERED TO PALAG),
               SIZE OF BASALT FRAGMENTS VARIES FROM 1.0MM TO 2.0CM;

  Comments   : CEMENT IS LIMESTONE WITH FORAMINIFERA;

  Replacement: PALAGONITE
               Minerals Replaced: GLASS


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 680  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   134.68
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   134.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   134.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (3-9), 2 (13-19), 3 (22-27), 4 (32-36),
               5 (43-47), 6 (54-57), 7 (63-68);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,PCE 3 HAS GLASS ZONE;

  Alteration : ALTERATION VARIES FROM MODERATE TO INTENSE;

  Comments   : COLOR VARIES FROM GRAY TO GREENISH-GRAY;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):  0.1-0.5   Percent:  <0.5

  Phenocrysts: OLIVINE
               Size(mm):       <0.5
               VERY RARE MICROPHENOS;


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 570  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 413   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   144.07
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   143.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   143.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-4), 2 (7-12), 3 (17-21), 4 (25-27),
               5 (31-32), 6 (36-40), 7 (44-47), 8 (51-57);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,GLASS ZONES ARE PRESENT,GLASS IS PARTLY
               ALTERED TO PALAG;

  Alteration : MOD
               PCES 2-3+8;
               EXTENSIVELY
               PCES 1+4-7 BASALT IS VERY ALTERED-VARYING FROM MOD
               TO INTENSE;

  Replacement: PALAGONITE
               Minerals Replaced: GLASS


    

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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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