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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 73    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 650  Analyst: Carman, M.
Hole: 520   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   446.65
Core:  30   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   446.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   446.00

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;


Leg : 73    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1200  Analyst: Carman, M.
Hole: 520   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   447.20
Core:  30   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   446.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   446.65

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (65-68), 2 (70-74), 3 (76-78), 4 (80-87),
               5 (88-95), 6 (96-98), 7 (100-110), 8 (112-119);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,PCES 1-3+5 HAVE GLASSY MARGINS
               (0.5-2CM THICK),PCES 1-3 GLASS GRADES VERY FINE-TO-
               FINE-GRAINED BASALT,PCE 5 2CM GLASS RIND BORDERED BY
               2CM DEVITRIFIED GLASS ZONE WHICH GRADES INTO VERY
               FINE-GRAINED BASALT,PCE 6 IS MOSTLY GLASS WITH A
               WIDE SPHERUL ZONE,PCES 7+8 VERY FINE-TO-FINE-
               GRAINED BASALT;

  Alteration : MOD TO EXT
               PCES 4+7-8;
               EXT
               PCES 1-3+5-6;

  Comments   : PCES 1-3 DARK BROWN BASALT,PCE 5 HAS BROWN
               DEVITRIFIED GLASS;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):    0.5-1   Percent:
               PCES 1-3 SPARSELY VESICULAR,PCE 5 HAS 2MM
               VESICULAR ZONE,PCES 7-8 FINELY VESICULAR;

  Replacement: SMECTITE
               PCE 6,PALE GREEN;


Leg : 73    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 250  Analyst: Carman, M.
Hole: 520   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   450.75
Core:  31   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   450.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   450.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-13), 2 (15-22);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,PCE 1 VERY FINE-GRAINED,PCE 2 HAS 1.5CM
               GLASSY RIND ON VERY FINE-GRAINED VARIOLITIC BASALT
               (VARIOLES ARE RELATIVELY LARGE 1-1.5CM IN GRAY
               PART);

  Alteration : MOD

  Comments   : PCE 2 BLACK TO GREENISH GRAY;

  Vesicles   : PCE 1 IS FINELY VESICULAR ON ONE SIDE;


    

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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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