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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/  50  Analyst: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 428   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    62.05
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    57.50
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):    62.00

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;
           NANNOFOSSIL OOZE;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/ 960  Analyst: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 428   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    62.96
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    57.50
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):    62.05

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (6-12), 2 (14-20), 3 (21-30), 4 (32-40),
               5 (41-50), 6 (51-55), 7 (56-61), 8 (64-75),
               9 (76-86), 10 (89-96);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED,BLACK GLASS FRINGE(QUENCHING
               ZONE) ON PCE 1;

  Structure  : FISSURES;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 1-7+9;
               SLIGHTLY
               PCES 8+10,GREEN CLAY.MINS ALONG FISSURES,WEATHERED
               OXIDATION ZONE UP TO 1.5CM ON ONE SIDE OF PCE 8,
               OXIDIZED ZONE ON PCE 10,GREEN CLAY.MINS PATCHES IN
               GNDMASS;

  Comments   : WEATHERING IS PARALLEL TO VERTICAL JOINTS IN PCES
               8+10,TOP OF COOLING UNIT INDICATED BY CHILLED RIND
               ON PCE 1;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CLAY.MINS
               Shape   : PINPOINT
               GREEN CLAY.MINS LINES VESICLES,EMPTY PINPOINT
               VESICLES IN PCE 2,IRREGULAR VUGS 1-2% & <1MM IN
               PCE 9;

  Replacement: CLAY MINERALS
               GREEN CLAY.MINS IN GNDMASS AS PATCHES(FINE-
               GRAINED),GREEN CLAY.MINS IN FISSURES & VESICLES;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Dmitriev, Y.
Hole: 428   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    68.50
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    67.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    67.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-5), 2 (6-13), 3 (14-22), 4 (24-31),
               5 (33-37), 6 (39-44), 7 (45-53), 8A (54-63),
               8B (63-71), 8C (71-78), 8D (78-86), 8E (86-97),
               9 (97-105), 10A (106-120), 10B (120-132),
               10C (132-142), 10D (142-150);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : SCORIAL-LIKE STRUCTURES IN PCE 6,VERTICAL &
               HORIZONTAL FRACTURING OCCURS IN PCES DETERMINING
               WEATHERING;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 1-5+7-9;
               SLIGHTLY
               PCES 6+10A-10D(WEATHERED OXIDIZED RIND PARALLELS
               JOINTS),VERTICAL FRACTURES IN PCES 10A-10D CONTROL
               WEATHERING  & HORIZONTAL FRACTURES CONTROL
               WEATHERING IN PCE 6;

  Comments   : VERTICAL JOINTS BOUND LEFT SIDE OF CORE;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):      1-2   Percent:    15
               Location:            Filling: UNIDENT.MINS
               Shape   : IRREGULAR
               VESICLES ARE LARGE & IRREGULAR COMPARED WITH THE
               REST OF THE SECTION (PCE 6),WHITISH UNIDENT.MINS
               LINES VESICLES;

               Size(mm):            Percent:  RARE
               Location:            Filling:
               Shape   : PINHOLE
               RARE EMPTY PINHOLE VESICLES THROUGHOUT CORE EXCEPT
               IN PCES 6+10A-10D;

  Replacement: UNIDENTIFIED
               WHITISH UNIDENT.MINS LINES VESICLES IN PCE 6;

               CLAY MINERALS
               IN VESICLES & COATING ON SURFACES OF PCES 8A-8C;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1200  Analyst: Humphris, S.
Hole: 428   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    69.70
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    67.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):    68.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-12), 2 (15-24), 3 (25-31), 4 (32-39),
               5 (40-50), 6 (52-56), 7 (57-69), 8 (70-80),
               9 (82-90), 10 (93-101), 11 (104-110), 12 (113-119);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,APHANITIC TO GLASSY & FINE-TO-MEDIUM-
               GRAINED,CHILLED MARGIN WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF GLASS IN
               PCE 12;

  Structure  : MASSIVE STRUCTURE PCES 5-10;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 1-5;
               SLIGHTLY
               PCES 6-12,VERTICAL JOINT CONTROLS WEATHERING IN
               PCES 7-11,OXIDIZED RIND PARALLEL TO JOINT IN PCES
               6-12 MOSTLY 1CM THICK;

  Comments   : THIN MN CRUST ON PCE 9 ALSO FE-MN CRUST ON PCE 10 &
               FE.OXIDE CRUST ON PCE 12;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling:
               Shape   : PINPOINT
               SMALL PINPOINT VESICLES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT PCES
               1-4;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               FOUND ON RIND OF PCE 12;


    

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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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