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Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 900  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   381.40
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   380.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   380.50

LITHOLOGY: FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 2 (5-17), 3 (17-20), 4 (22-27), 5 (24-39),
               6 (36-42), 7 (35-41), 8A (40-50), 8B (48-59),
               9 (62-90);

  Texture    : INTERVAL (4-20) IS FINE-GRAINED, INTERVAL (4-5.5)
               IS INTERLAMINATED GLASS AND BAKED SEDIMENT,
               INTERVAL (5.5-20) IS PROGRESSIVELY MORE COARSE-
               GRAINED WITH DEPTH, SMALL GLASSY ZONE AT BASE OF
               UNIT (5.5-20), INTERVAL (23-26) IS GLASS AND WHITE
               CARBONATE, INTERVAL (26-59) IS FINE-GRAINED BASALT
               AND MORE COARSE-GRAINED IN INTERIOR OF UNIT
               (PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN PHENOCRYSTS AND GRAIN SIZE
               AWAY FROM UPPER AND LOWER GLASSY ZONES), INTERVAL
               (59-60) IS THIN CARBONATE (WHITE) OVER BLACK GLASS,
               INTERVAL (65-66) IS A CONTINUATION OF ABOVE GLASSY
               ZONE, INTERVAL (66-71) IS FINE AND SLIGHTLY MORE
               COARSE-GRAINED AND BECOMES MORE COARSE-GRAINED WITH
               DEPTH, INTERVAL (71-90) IS FINE-MEDIUM GRAINED;

  Structure  : IN INTERVAL (4-5.5) ARE CARB VEINLETS, IN INTERVAL
               (5.5-20) THERE IS VERY LITTLE FRACTURING, IN
               INTERVAL (26-59) VERY FEW FRACTURES, THESE FRACTURES
               ARE YELLOWISH AND NARROW FRACTURES WITH CARB(<<1MM),
               CONSPICUOUS INTERSECTING FRACTURES AT 38CM WITH
               THIN CARBONATE VEIN FILLING, IN INTERVAL (59-60)
               GLASS FRACTURED WITH SMALL CARB FILLED VEINLETS,
               INTERVAL (66-71) IS INTERLAYERED;

  Comments   : INTERVAL (4-5.5) CONTAINS BAKED SEDIMENT;

  Phenocrysts:
               Size(mm):         <2
               IN INTERVAL (5.5-20) CONSPICUOUS PHENOS, INTERIOR
               OF INTERVAL (20-59) HAS AN INCREASE OF PHENOS;

  Replacement: CARBONATE


Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/  30  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   382.03
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   382.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   382.00

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC(?) PEBBLE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 10 (1-3);


Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   40/1480  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   383.48
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   382.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   382.04

LITHOLOGY: FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 11 (4-7), 12 (9-21), 13 (21-23), 14 (22-35),
               15 (36-42), 16 (42-46), 17 (46-57), 18 (55-65),
               19 (66-79), 20 (79-87), 21 (83-90), 22 (90-98),
               23 (100-110), 24 (111-122), 25 (122-128),
               26 (130-141), 27 (132-140), 28 (140-148);

  Texture    : INTERVAL (8-111) IS FINE-GRAINED, INTERVAL (8-8.5)
               IS A GLASSY ZONE GRADING DOWNWARDS INTO VERY FINE-
               GRAINED BASALT (8.5-10CM) (GLASSY ZONE IS
               HORIZONTAL), INTERVAL (10-16) GRADES DOWNWARD INTO
               SLIGHTLY MORE COARSELY GRAINED BASALT, INTERVAL
               (16-111) IS UNIFORM FINE-MEDIUM GRAINED BASALT,
               INTERVAL (111-116) IS A GLASSY ZONE, INTERVAL
               (116-148) IS FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Structure  : IN INTERVAL (10-16) VERY FEW FRACTURES AND VEINLETS,
               IN INTERVAL (8.5-12) MINOR VEINLETS OF CARB
               (<1.5MM), IN INTERVAL (111-116) MINOR FRACTURING,
               PROMINENT CALCITE VEINLET AT (139-145CM) (3-5MM
               THICK);

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               LARGE CALCITE FILLED VUG AT 111-113CM;

  Replacement: CARBONATE


Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   385.00
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   382.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   383.50

LITHOLOGY: FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 29 (2-16), 30 (15-26), 31 (25-43), 32 (36-66),
               33 (65-75), 34 (74-84), 35 (84-95), 36 (94-106),
               37 (106-117), 38 (115-150);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : PROMINENT NEAR VERTICAL CALCITE FILLED VEIN AT
               43-62CM, FRACTURES AND VEINLETS PRESENT;

  Alteration : MINOR ALTERATION ALONG SOME FRACTURES AND
               VEINLETS;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1150  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   386.15
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   382.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   385.00

LITHOLOGY: FINE-GRAINED BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 39 (0-12), 40 (12-18), 41 (18-26),
               42 (27-32), 43 (32-56), 44 (57-67), 45 (69-90),
               46 (90-100), 47 (98-110), 48 (109-115);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : MINOR FRACTURING AND CALCITE FILLED VEINS (<1.5MM);

  Alteration : MINOR ALTERATION ALONG SOME VEINLETS AND
               FRACTURES;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 71    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1160/1330  Analyst: Bornhold, B.
Hole: 513A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   386.33
Core:  36   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   382.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   386.16

LITHOLOGY: BASALTIC GLASS AND BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCE 49 (116-118), 50 (119-123), 51 (124-127),
               52 (128-132);

  Texture    : INTERVAL (116-133) IS A GLASSY ZONE, INTERVAL
               (128-133) IS MIXED GLASS AND BRECCIA ZONE MADE OF
               BASALTIC FRAGMENTS (0.5-3CM) IN A CALCITE MATRIX;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               PROMINENT VUG PARTIALLY FILLED WITH CALCITE
               CRYSTALS AT 117CM;

  Replacement: CALCITE


    

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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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