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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  380/ 420  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   110.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   111.90   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 5

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             Size(mm):    0.2-0.4
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   97%)
             ALTERED;

             OLIVINE                   ( RARE%)
             Morphology: QUENCHED

             PLAGIOCLASE               ( RARE%)
             Morphology: QUENCHED

             CLINOPYROXENE
             Morphology: PLUMOSE

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    3%)
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.5
             Percent:    <1




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1230/1240  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   110.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   112.74   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 14

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: APHYRIC,OPHITIC,HOLOCRYSTALLINE;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   10%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   55%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             SECTOR ZONING,COLORED;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    5%)
             INCLUDES ILMENTITE+MAGNETITE*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.4
             Percent:     2
             Filling: SMEC




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  420/ 460  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   115.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   115.44   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 5

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   65%)
             ALTERED,GRAY;

             OLIVINE                   (    5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   15%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   15%)




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/ 740  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   115.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   115.72   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8

ROCK = OL MICROPHYRIC GLASSY BASALT;
       Texture: MICROPHYRIC,GLASSY;
       Where sampled: FLOW MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   ( 7-10%)
             Morphology: QUENCHED
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (90-93%)
             ALTERED (DEVITRIFIED),DARK BROWN*




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/ 270  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   124.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   124.76   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 4

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   >5%)
             Size(mm):      .3-.4
             FRESH,RARE PHENOS TO 1.5 MM,SPINEL INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   20%)
             ALTERED,GRAY BROWN;

             OLIVINE                   (    5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   35%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    3%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN*




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  440/ 480  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   124.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   124.96   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 6

ROCK = OL MICROPHYRIC GLASSY BASALT;
       Texture: GLASSY,MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   ( 7-10%)
             Morphology: QUENCHED
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (90-95%)
             ALTERED,GRAY BROWN*




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  230/ 270  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   134.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   4   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   134.25   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3

ROCK = OL MICROPHYRIC GLASSY BASALT;
       Texture: GLASSY,MICROPHYRIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   90%)
             ALTERED,YELLOW BROWN*

Alteration - PALAGONITE
             Replacing: GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      .01
             Percent:  RARE




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/ 670  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   134.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   4   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   134.66   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 7

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   40%)
             ALTERED,GRAY;

             SPINEL

             OLIVINE                   (    5%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   35%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   10%)

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .2-.4
             Percent:     1
             Filling: CARB




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/ 220  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   143.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   143.71   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             FRESH;

             SPINEL
             INCLUSIONS IN OL MICROPHENOS*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   20%)
             ALTERED;

             OLIVINE                   (   TR%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)




Leg : 49    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/ 500  Describer: DSDP microfilm
Hole: 413   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   143.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   143.97   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (    7%)
             FRESH*

Groundmass - GLASS                     (   30%)
             ALTERED,COLRED TO REDDISH BROWN BY FE OXIDES;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   30%)

             OLIVINE                   (    5%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   25%)

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    3%)
             INCLUDES ILMENITE+MAGN*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):   .02-.4
             Percent:    <1




    

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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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