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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 760  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1098.76
Core:  32   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1096.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):  1098.00

LITHOLOGY: CONGLOMERATE;

  Texture    : ANGULAR COARSE GRAINED SAND TO GRANULAR MATRIX,
               CONGLOMERATE WITH MUDSTONE - SHALE CLASTS,
               PHENO SIZE INCREASES DOWNWARD;

  Alteration : MATRIX HIGHLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : OVERALL COLOR OF (5 G 5/1), ANGULAR COARSE GRAINED
               SAND TO GRANULAR MATRIX, CONGLOMERATE (DISTURBED BY
               DRILLING) WITH MUDSTONE + SHALE CLASTS + PEBBLES AND
               GRANULES OF RHYOLITE AND OTHER IGNEOUS ROCKS, REFER
               TO INITIAL REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

  Phenocrysts: QUARTZ

               FELDSPAR

               HORNBLENDE

               BIOTITE
               PHENOS OF QUARTZ + FELDSPAR + BIOTITE +
               HORNBLENDE;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1098.85
Core:  32   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1096.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):  1098.85

LITHOLOGY: CONGLOMERATE;

  Texture    : NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS OF SIMILAR VOLCANIC ROCKS BOTH
               APHANITIC AND WITH PHENOCRYSTS;

  Comments   : SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE
               INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE INFORMATION;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Fujioka, K.
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1107.50
Core:  33   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1106.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):  1106.00

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;
           RHYOLITE;

  Texture    : SLIGHTLY FINE GRAINED RHYOLITE, PORPHYRITIC TEXTURE;

  Alteration : RHYOLITE RATHER FRESH, MODERATELY ALTERED IN
               INTERVAL (111-150 CM), MATRIX MAY BE ALTERED
               COMPLETELY TO SOME METAMORPHIC MINERALS;

  Comments   : DRILLING BISCUITS (INTERVAL 0-19 CM + INTERVAL 35-
               50 CM), MEDIUM BLUISH GREY OF SLIGHTLY FINE GRAINED
               RHYOLITE, A CHERT PEBBLE OF 20 MM AT 90 CM, DARK
               GREEN DACITE AT 110 CM, ALL THE BLOCKS MAY BE
               THOUGHT OF AS VARIOUS SIZES OF PEBBLES;

  Alteration : PLAG IS ALTERED TO FINE GRAINED GREEN MINERAL;

  Phenocrysts:
               Size(mm): TO     5.0
               PHENOS RATHER LARGE UP TO 5.0 MM;

               PLAGIOCLASE
               PLAG IS ALTERED TO FINE GRAINED GREEN MINERAL;

               QUARTZ


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 200  Analyst: Fujioka, K.
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1107.61
Core:  33   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1106.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):  1107.51

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Comments   : DRILLING BISCUITS, RHYOLITE AND SILTSTONE, PEBBLES
               ROUND, FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND
               LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1117.00
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1115.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):  1115.50

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : INTERBEDDED BRECCIAS (GRANULAR TO PEBBLE),
               SUBANGULAR VOLCANIC APHANITIC DARK GREENISH GRAY
               (5 G 3/1) CLAST AT 4 CM, POORLY SORTED (N 2) TO
               (N 4) BRECCIA OF SAND SILT MATRIX WITH ANGULAR TO
               ROUNDED FRAGMENTS OF (5 G 6/1) AND (N 2) APHANITIC
               ROCKS OF MUDSTONE + POSSIBLY VOLCANICS (INTERVAL
               (7-27 CM), DISTURBED BY DRILLING BUT INTERVAL
               CONTAINS NUMEROUS ANGULAR 2-3 CM AND SMALLER CLASTS
               MOSTLY DARK GRAY BLACK CLAYSTONE (INTERVAL 110-127
               CM), MEDIUM TO FINE GRAINED PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE
               AND/OR DACITE (INTERVAL 127-150 CM);

  Alteration : PLAGIOCLASE IS ALTERED TO GREEN MINERAL + ALTERED
               MATRIX (INTERVAL 127-150 CM);

  Comments   : VERY SHARP CONTACT AT 27 CM, DRILLING BISCUITS
               (BRECCIA) SAME MATERIALS AS ABOVE + PROBABLY WAS A
               CONTINOUS UNIT (INTERVAL 67-97 CM), SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS
               FOR MORE INFORMATION;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               RARE PHENOS AT TOP OF SECTION, PLAG IS ALTERED
               TO GREEN MINERAL;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Fujioka, K.
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1118.50
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1115.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):  1117.00

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : DRILLING BISCUITS (INTERVAL 40-80 CM), BRECCIA
               ORIGINALLY IN CLAY/SAND (POORLY SORTED) MATRIX
               SOMEWHAT MODERATELY BROKEN BY DRILLING (CLAST
               SUPPORTED) + ABUNDANT ANGULAR FRAGMENTS AVERAGING
               4.0 MM (INTERVAL 40-80 CM), SILT TO SAND - GRANULES
               WITH REVERSE GRADING OF UPPER PART OF INTERVAL BEING
               SLIGHTLY COARSER GRAINED AND BECOMING FINER TOWARD
               LOWER PART (INTERVAL 82-95 CM);

  Alteration : PLAGIOCLASE IS HIGHLY ALTERED TO SMALL GREEN
               MINERALS, PLAG PHENOS AND MATRIX ARE COMPLETELY
               ALTERED;

  Comments   : SAME AS INTERVAL (126-150 CM) OF CORE 34 SECTION 1,
               BOULDER OF 65 CM THICK, DUSKY GREEN (5 G 3/2 TO
               10 G Y 3/2) HOMOGENEOUS AND PORPHYRITIC (INTERVAL
               95-115 CM), SLIGHTLY DARKER COMPARED TO ABOVE UNIT
               + MINEROLOGY AND TEXTURE IS SAME AND QUITE
               HOMOGENEOUS, FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               PLAG IS HIGHLY ALTERED TO SMALL GREEN MINERALS
               (INTERVAL 95-115 CM), PLAG PHENOS AND MATRIX
               ARE COMPLETELY ALTERED (INTERVAL 115-150 CM);


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 800  Analyst: Fujioka, K.
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1119.30
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1115.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):  1118.50

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;
           RHYOLITE;

  Texture    : BRECCIA ANGULAR TO SUBANGULAR RHYOLITE PEBBLES +
               A 4 CM RHYOLITE PEBBLE (INTERVAL 10-44 CM), BRECCIA
               UNIT - MUD TO CLAST SUPPORTED + DARK GRAY TO BLACK
               CLASTS + IGNEOUS CLASTS THAT ARE UP TO 5.0 CM AND
               AVERAGING 1.0 CM (INTERVAL 10-44 CM), THREE
               INDIVIDUAL COBBLES TO BOULDERS OF BLUISH GRAY FINE
               GRAINED RHYOLITE WITH NO FLOW TEXTURE RECOGNIZED
               (INTERVAL 44-72 CM), CLASTS (INTERVAL 72-79 CM),

  Comments   : SAME UNIT AS INTERVAL (100-150 CM) OF CORE 34
               SECTION 2, GOOD EVIDENCE FOR BRECCIA AND VOLCANICS
               AS BOULDERS, FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Fujioka, K.
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1119.42
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1115.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):  1119.42

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : DRILLING BISCUITS, BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OF IGNEOUS
               AND SAME AS ABOVE WITH SHAPE RANGING FROM ANGULAR TO
               SUBANGULAR AND SIZE UP TO 1.5 CM, AN ANGULAR IGNEOUS
               CLAST (SAME AS ABOVE);


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1126.50
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1125.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):  1125.00

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : BRECCIA UNIT IS INDURATED IN PART + MATRIX SUPPORTED
               CLASTS OF UP TO 1.5 CM AND ARE ANGULAR TO
               SUBANGULAR (INTERVAL 0-51 CM), IGNEOUS PORPHYRITIC
               CLAST (1.5 CM) AT 46 CM, GREENISH GRAY (5 G 6/1)
               PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS ROCK (AS BOULDER) (INTERVAL 51-
               76 CM), BRECCIA INTERVAL (76-136 CM) HAS ANGULAR
               CLASTS UP TO 5.0 CM (IGNEOUS PORPHYRITIC CLASTS) +
               5 G 6/1 CLAY MATRIX, BOULDER - (5 G 2/1) GREENISH
               TO BLACK PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS ROCK TO APHANITIC
               GROUNDMASS WITH SMALL CLOTS AND LATHS OF AMPHIBOLE
               AND ALTERED FELDSPARS (INTERVAL 136-150 CM);

  Alteration : ALTERED BOULDER WITH ALTERED FELDSPARS (INTERVAL
               136-150 CM);

  Comments   : GREENISH GRAY CLAY MATRIX (INTERVAL 0-51 CM),
               (5 G 6/1) GREENISH GRAY IGNEOUS ROCK (INTERVAL 51-
               76 CM), (5 G 6/1) CLAY MATRIX (INTERVAL 76-136 CM);

  Phenocrysts: AMPHIBOLE
               Size(mm): TO     3.0

               FELDSPAR
               Size(mm):  TO     3.
               FELDSPAR AND AMPHIBOLE PHENOS ARE UP TO 3.0 MM
               AND AVERAGE 1.5 MM (INTERVAL 51-76 CM),
               DIFFERS FROM BOULDER ABOVE IN THAT IT HAS FEWER
               AND SMALLER FELDSPAR AND AMPHIBOLE PHENOS
               INTERVAL (76-136 CM);


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 300  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1126.80
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1125.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):  1126.50

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : BRECCIA UNIT AS BEFORE WITH MAXIMUM PEBBLE OF 3.0 CM

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND
               LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1126.90
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1125.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):  1126.90

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : SMALL PHENOCRYSTS WITH APHANITIC GROUNDMASS;

  Comments   : A (5 B 6/1) PEBBLE WITH (N 4) STREAKS SUGGESTING
               A FLOW-BANDED VOLCANIC (QUESTIONABLE RHYOLITE),
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1136.00
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1134.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):  1134.50

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS BOULDER (INTERVAL 0-40 CM),
               BRECCIA UNIT (INTERVAL 40-52 CM), BOULDER AS ABOVE
               (INTERVAL 52-70 CM), BRECCIA UNIT (INTERVAL 70-150
               CM), CLASTS IN (INTERVAL 80-85 CM), SANDSTONE CLAST
               IN (INTERVAL 110-115 CM), SLIGHTLY COARSER GRAINED
               WITH FELTED GROUNDMASS (INTERVAL 140-150 CM);

  Comments   : GREENISH BLACK (5 G 2/1) PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS
               BOULDER (INTERVAL 0-40 CM), A GREENISH GRAY 5 G 7/1
               TUFF PEBBLE (3 X 5 CM) (INTERVAL 122-128 CM),
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INTIAL REPORTS;

  Phenocrysts: FELDSPAR

               AMPHIBOLE
               PHENOS OF FELDSPAR AND MAFICS (AMPHIBOLE) IN
               (INTERVAL 140-150 CM)


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 870  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1136.87
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1134.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):  1136.00

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : BRECCIA - CONGLOMERATE (INTERVAL 0-60 CM), ANGULAR
               BROWNISH GRAY (5 YR 4/1) CLAST AT 47 CM;

  Comments   : SHARP PRESERVED CONTACT AT 60 CM BETWEEN BRECCIA
               AND BOULDER INTERVAL, BROWNISH GRAY (5 YR 4/1)
               CLAST AT 47 CM, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CORE 36 SEE
               CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS;


Leg : 57    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Murdmaa, I
Hole: 439   Sample Midpoint (m)    :  1136.97
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :  1134.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):  1136.97

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Texture    : GREENISH BLACK (5 G 2/1) PORPHYRITIC IGNEOUS
               BOULDER 15 CM LONG, BROKEN UP CLAST OR BED OF
               BROWN BLACK (5 YR 2/1) SILTY CLAYSTONE WITH
               LAMINAE OF QUARTZ + SILT + FINE GRAINED SAND + WELL
               INDURATED (INTERVAL 20 CM LONG);

  Comments   : FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CORE 36 SEE CORE FORM AND
               LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


    

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]

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