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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  330/   0  Describer: Brannon, J.
Hole: 563   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   364.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  23   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   364.83   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 2B

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):      .5-.6  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             PLUCKED PORTIONS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    7%)
             Size(mm):     .9-1.8  Morphology: LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN50-60,CORRODED OR RESORBED SOMEWHAT,
             LIQUID INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL
             OXIDIZED RIMS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.5  Morphology: ACICULAR-SKELETAL

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   46%)
             Size(mm):    .04-.14  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,PLUMOSE
             PLUMOSE <.1MM;

             MAGNETITE                 (    3%)
             Size(mm):   <.01-.03  Morphology: GRANULAR-EUHEDRAL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.3
             Percent:     3
             Filling: CALCITE
             Shape: ROUND TO

             Shape: ANGULAR




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  810/   0  Describer: Brannon, J.
Hole: 563   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   366.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  24   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   367.31   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 5B

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):         .7  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PLUCKED,ONLY OXIDIZED RIM LEFT;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):    1.2-2.5  Morphology: LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN68,SOME RESORBED,LIQUID INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):        .04  Morphology: GRANULAR
             OXIDIZED;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   45%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.4  Morphology: ACICULAR-LATHS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   38%)
             Size(mm):     .02-.1  Morphology: GRANULAR

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    2%)
             Size(mm):   <.01-.08  Morphology: CUBIC-ACICULAR
             INCLUDES MAGNETITE + ILMENITE*

Alteration - CARBONATE                 (    5%)
             Location: VEINS,
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: INTERSTICES

             CLAY MINERALS             (    5%)
             Location: VEINS,
             Location: VESICLES,
             Location: INTERSTICES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.4
             Percent:    10
             Location: SCATTERED
             Filling: CALCITE OR CLAY
             Shape: ROUND




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1230/   0  Describer: Neuser, R.
Hole: 563   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   366.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  24   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   369.23   Sect/Pc #:  2/

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             Size(mm):        <.8  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL
             PSEUDOMORPHS OF CLAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  <<1%)
             Size(mm):      .4-.6  Morphology: LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN50*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   13%)
             Size(mm):     .02-.4  Morphology: LATHS,SOME SKELETAL

             CLINOPYROXENE             (    5%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.05  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             UNDULOUS;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    5%)
             Size(mm):        .02  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-ANHEDRAL
             INCLUDES MAGNETITE + ILMENITE;

             MESOSTASIS                (   73%)
             Morphology: PLUMOSE,MATURE SHEAF PLAG

Alteration - CARBONATE
             Location: VESICLES

             CLAY MINERALS
             Location: OL + VESICLES  Replacing: OL

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .2-.7
             Percent:   3-5
             Location: RANDOM
             Filling: PARTLY CLAY
             Shape: ROUND +

             Shape: IRREGULAR




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/   0  Describer: Neuser, R.
Hole: 563   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   366.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  24   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   371.40   Sect/Pc #:  4/PCE 1C

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

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):        1-5  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL LATHS,

             Morphology: PRISMS
             GLOMEROCRYSTS SLIGHTLY RESORBED,LIQUID INCLUSIONS,
             ZONATION*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   35%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.5  Morphology: LATHS,TWINS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):     .02-.3  Morphology: EQUANT-ANHEDRAL
             UNDULOUS;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (  1-2%)
             Size(mm):     .08-.1  Morphology: ANHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL,CHAINS
             INCLUDES MAGNETITE + ILMENITE;

             MESOSTASIS                (   25%)
             Morphology: PLUMOSE SKELETAL PLAG

             APATITE                   (   TR%)

Alteration - CARBONATE                 (    1%)
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .3-.8
             Percent:     1
             Location: SCATTERED
             Filling: CALCITE
             Shape: ROUND




Leg : 82    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  720/   0  Describer: Neuser, R.
Hole: 563   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   373.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  25   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   375.72   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 3A

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

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (    1%)
             Size(mm):        <.5  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL
             PARTLY REPLACED BY CLAY;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):       .5-5  Morphology: PRISMS,LATHS
             APPROX COMP AN60,PARTLY GLOMEROPHYRIC,ZONED,LIQUID
             INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   43%)
             Size(mm):     .05-.5  Morphology: LATHS
             FELTY INTERGROWN;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   45%)
             Size(mm):    .02-.25  Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             UNDULOUS;

             MESOSTASIS                (  2-3%)

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (  1-2%)
             Location: OL,MESOSTAS    Replacing: OL,MESOSTAS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):    .1-.4
             Percent:   1-2
             Location: RANDOM
             Filling: CALCITE + CLAY
             Shape: ROUND +

             Shape: IRREGULAR




    

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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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