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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  560/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   250.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   250.56   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3B

ROCK = OL-PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: SPARSELY PHYRIC,INTERSERTAL-INTERGRANULAR;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  2-3%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.6  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             LARGELY ALTERED TO CLAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    1%)
             Size(mm):         <2  Morphology: PRISMATIC
             RESORBED,ZONED*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):       .4-1  Morphology: LONG LATHS,INTERSTITIAL
             2 GENERATIONS;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   40%)
             Size(mm):     .01-.3  Morphology: GRANULAR-PRISMATIC

             MAGNETITE                 (  5-8%)
             Size(mm):   <.01-.05  Morphology: GRANULAR

             MESOSTASIS                (   15%)
             LIGHT BROWN,PART ALTERED*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (    5%)
             Location: VESICLES,      Replacing: OL,MESOSTASIS
             Location: IRREGULAR
             Location: PATCHES
             LIGHT BROWN*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      <.5
             Percent:    <1
             Filling: BROWN CLAY
             Shape: ROUND




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  350/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   250.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   254.85   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 2C

ROCK = OL-PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PHYRIC,INTERSERTAL;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  2-3%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.2  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             MICROPHENOS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    1%)
             Size(mm):        2-3  Morphology: PRISMATIC,SUBHEDRAL

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):       .1-1  Morphology: LONG HOLLOW LATHS,SMALL

             Morphology: LATHS,INTERSTITIAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):     .01-.1  Morphology: GRANULAR-PRISMATIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Size(mm):        .01  Morphology: GRANULAR

             GLASS                     (   10%)
             EXTENSIVELY ALTERED TO GREEN CLAY*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             ( 5-10%)
             Replacing: OL,GLASS




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  740/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   250.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   256.74   Sect/Pc #:  5/PCE 4B

ROCK = PLAG-OL SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: SPARSELY PHYRIC,INTERGRANULAR;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1-2%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.6  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             APPROX COMP FO80;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  1-2%)
             Size(mm):        2-3  Morphology: PRISMATIC
             APPROX COMP AN30-65,ZONED,OFTEN RESORBED*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):    .04-1.0  Morphology: ACICULAR-PRISMATIC,

             Morphology: INTERSTITIAL
             APPROX COMP AN60,2 GENERATIONS;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   40%)
             Size(mm):     .01-.3  Morphology: PRISMATIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    7%)
             Size(mm):    .02-.05  Morphology: GRANULAR-ACICULAR

             MESOSTASIS                (   10%)
             DARK BROWN DEVITRIFIED GLASS*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (    5%)
             Location: INTERSTITIAL   Replacing: MESOSTASIS
             GREEN-BROWN*




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1040/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   259.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   3   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   263.04   Sect/Pc #:  3/

ROCK = PLAG-OL SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT
       APHANITIC BASALT;
       Texture: SPARSELY PHYRIC,APHANITIC,HYALOPILITIC;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO GLASSY MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):        <.2  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             MICROPHENOS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   TR%)
             Size(mm):        1-2  Morphology: PRISMATIC
             RESORBED*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  2-3%)
             Size(mm):         <1  Morphology: SKELETAL CHAINS

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   50%)
             Size(mm):     .02-.2  Morphology: ACICULAR
             APPROX 5% LARGE HOLLOW LATHS;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   40%)
             Size(mm):       <.02  Morphology: GRANULAR
             FINELY CRYSTALLINE MESOSTASIS;

             MAGNETITE                 ( 5-10%)
             Size(mm):       <.01  Morphology: GRANULAR
             FINELY CRYSTALLINE MESOSTASIS*

Alteration - CARBONATE                 (   <1%)
             Location: VESICLES

             CLAY MINERALS             (   <1%)
             Location: VESICLES,OL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.5
             Percent:     1
             Location: RANDOM
             Filling: DEVITRIFIED
             Shape: ROUND

             Filling: GLASS,CALCITE,

             Filling: CLAY
             FILLING MATERIAL LISTED IN DESCENDING ABUNDANCES*




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   268.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   4   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   268.10   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1B

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: APHYRIC,INTERGRANULAR;
       Where sampled: APHYRIC FLOW MARGIN*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    1%)
             Size(mm):        <.5  Morphology: UNKNOWN
             ALTERED TO ORANGE CLAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):      .02-3  Morphology: INTERSTITIAL-LONG LATHS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.5  Morphology: PRISMATIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)

             MESOSTASIS                (   10%)
             80% ALTERED TO BROWN CLAY;

             APATITE                   (   TR%)
             IN MESOSTASIS*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   15%)
             Location: RANDOM-        Replacing: GLASS,OL,PLAG
             Location: INTERSTITIAL
             ORANGE-BROWN*




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1020/   0  Describer: Christie, D.M.
Hole: 562   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   277.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   5   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   281.02   Sect/Pc #:  3/PCE 1G

ROCK = PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: SPARSELY PHYRIC,INTERGRANULAR;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (  1-2%)
             Size(mm):        1-5  Morphology: PRISMATIC
             COMPLEX,RESORBED*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (  2-3%)
             Size(mm):         .5  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             MICROPHENOS,ALTERED TO CLAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):    .02-1.5  Morphology: EQUANT TO ELONGATE LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN60?,2 GENERATIONS-INTERSTITIAL AND
             RADIATING LATHS;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.5

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Size(mm):    .03-.06  Morphology: EQUANT

             GLASS                     (10-15%)
             60% ALTERED,FRESH HAS SKELETAL MAGN AND APATITE;

             APATITE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):       <.01  Morphology: ACICULAR
             IN MESOSTASIS*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             ( 5-10%)
             Location: INTERSTITIAL   Replacing: GLASS,OL




    

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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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