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Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/ 570  Describer: Fodor, R.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   109.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  13   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   117.49   Sect/Pc #: CC/PCE 1

ROCK = PLAG-CPX MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL,MICROPHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               ( 18.4%)
             Size(mm):      <0.15  Morphology: ELONGATED
             APPROX COMP AN65;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  4.7%)
             Size(mm):      <0.10
             APPROX COMP FS10W040*

Groundmass - GLASS                     ( 70.8%)
             % BASED ON POINT COUNS,SOME HYDRATION
             AND INCIPIENT ALTERATION;

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (    2%)
             Size(mm):     <0.005  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (  2.1%)
             Location: VESICLES
             YELLOW-GREENISH LAYERED LATTICE STRUCTURE*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:   6.3
             Filling: CLAY.MINS




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  80  Describer: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   118.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   118.54   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT
       ALTERATION FRESH;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL;
       Where sampled: ISOLATED FRAGMENT*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               ( 46.5%)
             Size(mm):   0.6X0.08  Morphology: LATHS
             SEPARATE CRYSTALS,INTERGROWTH,APPROX COMP AN52;

             CLINOPYROXENE             ( 27.7%)
             Size(mm):        0.1  Morphology: IRREGULAR GRAINS
             SEPARATE XTLS, INTERGROWTH;

             COMBINATION               ( 24.1%)
             INCLUDES GLASS+MAGN+ILMENITE,MAGN XTLS ARE
             EMBRYONIC,PERCENTAGES BY POINT COUNT*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (  0.2%)
             Location: VESICLES,      Replacing: GLASS
             Location: GROUNDMASS
             AMOUNT INCLUDES CHLORITE;

             CHLORITE
             Replacing: VOLCANIC GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      0.2
             Percent:   1.5
             Shape: ROUND
             SOME VESICLES HAVE GREEN CLAY MINERALS*




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  80  Describer: Srivastava, R.K.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   118.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   118.54   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: INTERSERTAL-SUBOPHITIC;

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   50%)

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)
             SOME CPX XTLS SHOW GLASSY INCLUSIONS,
             ARRANGED IN IRREGULAR PATTERNS;

             COMBINATION               (   20%)
             INCLUDES GLASS+MAGN+ILMENITE*

Alteration - CHLORITE                  (   .2%)
             Replacing: CPX
             ALTERATION IS CONFINED ONLY TO PARTS OF THE
             SECTION,IN GENERAL THE ROCK IS RATHER FRESH,
             IDENTITY UNCERTAIN FOR CHLORITE*




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 190  Describer: Srivastava, R.K.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   128.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   128.17   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3

ROCK = PLAG-CPX-OL MOD MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: GLASSY,PARTIALLY VARIOLITIC,MICROPHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1.4%)

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  5.0%)
             Morphology: LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN 65,SOME SHOW OSCILLATORY ZONING AND
             THE MARGINS ARE MORE SODIC;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  1.8%)

             FERROUS OXIDE             (   TR%)
             ALL OF ABOVE ARE MICROPHENOCRYSTS COMPRISING
             ABOUT 2-3 PCT OF ROCK*

Groundmass - GLASS                     ( 90.5%)
             GROUNDMASS COMPLETELY GLASSY,DARK BROWN WITH
             SLIGHT DEVITRIFICATION,PERCENTAGES OBTAINED BY
             POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):       <1
             Percent:   1.3
             Shape: ROUND




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  220/ 270  Describer: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   128.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   128.25   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 4

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CPX MOD MICROPHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MICROPORPHYRITIC,SEMI-VARIOLITIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   .7%)
             Size(mm):    0.1X1.5  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    3%)
             Size(mm):    0.5X0.7  Morphology: TABULAR,LATHS
             SEPARATE GRAINS AND GLOMEROPHYRIC AGGREGATES,
             APPROX COMP AN 80;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    2%)
             Size(mm):        0.2  Morphology: TABULAR LATHS
             SEPARATE GRAINS AND GLOMEROPHYRIC AGGREGATES*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               ( 22.2%)
             Size(mm):   0.4X0.02

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  4.4%)

             COMBINATION               ( 66.8%)
             INCLUDES MAGN+ILMENITE+GLASS+OPX+CPX,PERCENTAGES
             OBTAINED BY POINT COUNT*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (    5%)
             Replacing: VOLCANIC GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      0.1
             Percent:   0.9
             Filling: CLAY.MINS
             Shape: IRREGULAR




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  690/ 720  Describer: Fodor, R.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   128.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   128.71   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 9

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: GLASSY,MICROPORPHYRITIC*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               ( 11.1%)
             Size(mm):       <0.1  Morphology: LONG,NEEDLE-LIKE
             APPROX COMP AN 65;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  1.7%)
             Size(mm):      <0.06
             APPROX COMP FS10W040;

             OLIVINE                   ( <0.1%)

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (   TR%)
             Size(mm):      0.001

             GLASS                     ( 86.6%)
             HYDRATED,INCIPIENT ALTERATION,PERCENTAGES OBTAINED
             BY POINT COUNT*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   .3%)
             Location: VESICLES
             YELLOW-GREENISH,LAYERED LATTICE SILICATES*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:    .3




Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   20/ 100  Describer: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 420   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   137.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   137.56   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1

ROCK = PLAG-OL-CPX MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MICROPORPHYRITIC,VARIOLITIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1.3%)
             Size(mm):    0.8X0.4  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  8.8%)
             Size(mm):   0.5X0.08  Morphology: LATHS
             SEPARATE XSTLS AND AGGREGATES;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (  4.4%)
             Size(mm):        0.2  Morphology: TABULAR GRAINS
             SEPARATE XTLS AND AGGREGATES;

Groundmass - MICROCRYST GROUNDMASS     ( 83.3%)
             INCLUDES PLAG+CPX+MAGN,CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE WITH
             MICROLITES OF PLAG,EMBRYONIC XTLS OF CPX+MAGN,
             GROUNDMASS DARK BROWN,NEARLY OPAQUE,PERCENTAGES
             OBTAINED BY POINT COUNT*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      0.3
             Percent:   2.8
             Filling: EMPTY
             Shape: SPHERICAL




    

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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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