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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 570  Analyst: Bradshaw, M.J.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   175.57
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   175.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   175.00

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT(SANDY MUDSTONE);


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  570/ 830  Analyst: Bradshaw, M.J.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   175.83
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   175.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   175.57

LITHOLOGY: GRANITE PEBBLES;
           SEDIMENT;

  Piece No.  : (57-83CM);

  Texture    : POORLY SORTED, COARSE PEBBLY GRAINS;

  Structure  : 2X2MM GRANITE PEBBLES AT TOP(SUB-UNIT), PEBBLY,
               GRAIN SUPPORTED, DOMINANTLY QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR AND
               WEATHERED GRANITE FRAGMENTS;

  Alteration : GRAIN SUPPORTED - SHOW SIGNS OF WEATHERING;

  Comments   : GRAYISH-RED(10R4/2);


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  830/ 950  Analyst: Bradshaw, M.J.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   175.95
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   175.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   175.83

LITHOLOGY: GRANITE-GNEISS PEBBLES;

  Piece No.  : (83-95CM);

  Structure  : 2 TO 3-4CM IN DIAMETER OF GRANITE-GNEISS PEBBLES,
               ONE IS 7CM IN DIAM OF FRESH GRANITIC-GNEISS COBBLE;

  Alteration : TWO EXHIBIT FELDSPAR WEATHERING AND THE COBBLE IS
               FRESH;


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 310  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   184.31
Core:  23   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   184.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   184.00

LITHOLOGY: GRANITE-GNEISS BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCES (0-3), (3-7), (7-11), (11-14.5), (14.5-31);

  Texture    : PCE(0-3CM) IS MOTTLED TO RED GREY(10R4/6),
               PCE(11-14.5) IS PEBBLY AND MUDDY AND UNSORTED
               FRIABLES, GRANITE-GNEISS BRECCIA;

  Structure  : PCE(0-3CM) HAS PEBBLES OF GNEISS 1CM IN DIAMETER
               AND QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR SAND-FRIABLE, PCE(3-7CM)
               HAS A PEBBLE(3CM IN DIAMETER) OF FRESH GRANITIC
               GNEISS, PCE(7-11CM) HAS FRAGMENTS OF WEATHERED
               GNEISS AND CLAY MATRIX-CLAY VEINED, PCE(11-14.5) HAS
               2X6CM PEBBLES OF WEATHERED FOLIATED GNEISS WITH
               FELDSPAR VERY MOTTLED, MUDDY GRANULES AND SEDIMENTS,
               PCE(14-31CM) CONTAINS 2CM IN DIAMETER PEBBLES AT
               ABOUT 25-27CM;

  Alteration : MOD
               PCES(0-3,7-11,11-14.5);
               FRESH
               PCE(3-7) HAS FRESH PEBBLE;

  Comments   : PCE(0-3) IS GREY-PINK(FRIABLE PART) AND MOTTLED
               PART IS RED GREY(10R4/6);

  Replacement: CLAY
               PRESENT IN VEINS AND MATRIX IN PCE(7-11);


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 570  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   193.57
Core:  24   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   193.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   193.00

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC GNEISS;

  Piece No.  : PCE (0-57);

  Structure  : 3-4CM DIAMETER FRAGMENTS OF FRESH GRANITIC GNEISS-
               FOLIATED ON 2-3M, 2-3M SIZE K-FELDSPAR AND ALSO GREY
               QUARTZ IS 2-3M, COULD BE SOME FRACTURES AND JOINTING
               80 DEGREES TO FOLIATION;

  Alteration : FRESH;

  Comments   : PALE REDDISH BROWN 10R5/4;

  Groundmass : QUARTZ
               Size(mm):        2-3
               GREY;

               KFELDSPAR
               Size(mm):        2-3


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 430  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   202.43
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   202.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   202.00

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC GNEISS;
           SAME AS CORE 24-1;


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 500  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   207.00
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   206.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   206.50

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC GNEISS;
           SAME AS CORE 24-1 AND 25-1;

  Piece No.  : PCE(0-50);

  Structure  : LARGE K-SPARS UP TO 6MM AND PERPENDICULAR TO
               FOLIATION AND 1CM PARALLEL TO FOLIATION;

  Alteration : FRESH
               EXCEPT MICAS ARE PARTLY WEATHERED AND WEATHERED TO
               HEMATITE;

  Groundmass : MICA
               MOSTLY BIOTITE;

               KFELDSPAR
               Size(mm):       6-10
               6MM PERPENDICULAR TO FOLIATION AND 1CM PARALLEL TO
               FOLIATION;

  Replacement: HEMATITE
               Minerals Replaced: MICA


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 420  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   216.42
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   216.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   216.00

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC GNEISS;
           SIMILAR TO 26-1;

  Structure  : JOINTING STILL SUBVERTICAL TO FOLIATION, HEMATITE
               STAINING ALONG FRACTURING AND MICROFRACTURING,
               MICROFRACTURING IS ON SMALLER SCALE;

  Comments   : SOME INFORMATION TAKEN FROM I.R. SITE CHAPTER;

  Groundmass : MICA
               MOSTLY BIOTITE WITH SOME OXIDIZED TO HEMATITE;

  Replacement: HEMATITE
               Minerals Replaced: MICA
               SOME HEMATITE FROM OXIDIZED MICA AND ALSO HEMATITE
               STAINING;


Leg : 79    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 240  Analyst: Jansa, L.F.
Hole: 544A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   225.74
Core:  28   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   225.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   225.50

LITHOLOGY: GRANITIC GNEISS;
           SIMILAR TO 27-1;


    

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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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