Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  170/ 230  Analyst: Curtis, D.M.
Hole: 557   Sample Midpoint (m)    :     2.08
Core: H 1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :     0.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):     2.02

LITHOLOGY: BASALT CLAST;

  Piece No.  : (17-23);

  Texture    : BASALT CLAST WITH SOFT-CAUSED SEDIMENT DEFORMATION
               OF LIMESTONE AND CHERTIFICATION OF UNDERLYING
               SEDIMENT LAYERS;

  Alteration : FRESH;

  Comments   : COLOR-BANDED BELOW CLAST, SHARP CONTACT, VOLCANIC
               BOMB(?);

  Vesicles   : SOME VESICLES;


Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 350  Analyst: Curtis, D.M.
Hole: 557   Sample Midpoint (m)    :     2.20
Core: H 1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :     0.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):     1.95

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;

  Piece No.  : (0-17CM), (23-35CM);


Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1470  Analyst: Neuser, R.
Hole: 557   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   461.97
Core:   1   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   460.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   460.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (1-8), 2 (11-17), 3 (19-27), 4 (30-41),
               5 (44-59), 6 (62-68), 7 (70-74), 8 (76-83),
               9 (85-88), 10 (91-100), 11 (101-107), 12 (110-115),
               13 (117-139), 14 (142-147);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, MEDIUM-GRAINED;

  Alteration : FRESH
               APPEARS VERY FRESH EXCEPT FOR SOME CLAY-FILLED
               VESICLES;

  Comments   : DARK GREY(7.5YR,N3/0);

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):   1-10.5   Percent:
               Location:            Filling: CLAY
               Shape   : ROUND
               VESICLES ARE MOSTLY ROUND, THEIR SIZE RANGES IN
               THE UPPER THIRD PCES(1-5) BETWEEN 1-3MM AND IN
               PCE(5) OCCUR SOME VERY LARGE SEGREGATION VESICLES
               (>1.5CM), FROM PCE(6-END) THE SIZE OF VESICLES
               DECREASES TO A MAXIMUM OF 1.5MM, PCE(8) SHOWS A
               GROUP OF LARGE VESICLES ALIGNED ON A PLANE;

  Replacement: CLAY

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]

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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