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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 85    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 200  Analyst:
Hole: 573B  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   528.20
Core:  43   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   528.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   528.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           LIMESTONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1A-D (0-20);

  Comments   : SEDIMENT-BASALT CONTACT, PCE 1 COMPOSED OF 4 SMALLER
               PCES, 1A&B MEASURE 3X2X2CM--1C MEASURES 5X3X1.5CM--
               1D MEASURES 6X3X2.5CM, PCES 1A&B ARE LIMESTONE, PCES
               1C&D ARE LIMESTONE and BASALT;

  Replacement: OTHER
               ALTERATION MINS IN CONTACT WITH BASALT;


Leg : 85    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500  Analyst:
Hole: 573B  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   529.50
Core:  43   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   528.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   528.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           LIMESTONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 2A-C (22-40), 3 (41-50), 4 (51-64), 5 (65-95),
               6 (96-108), 7 (109-119), 8 (120-130), 9 (132-135),
               10 (136-141), 11 (144-150);

  Texture    : GLASSY SURFACE AND RIMS ON PCE 7;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEIN IN PCE 9, JOINT FILLED WITH CALCITE
               WELDS OTHER PCES TOGETHER IN PCE 3;

  Alteration : PCE 6 SHOWS WEATHERED REACTION OF RUST-COLORED
               MINERALIZATION;

  Comments   : GLASSY CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE IN PCE 8, PCES 2-4&8
               ARE CUT, PCES 6&7&11 ARE UNCUT, PCE 10 IS LIMESTONE,
               RIMS IN PCE 7 CONTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS LIMESTONE OF
               SAME TYPE AS ABOVE BASEMENT, DIMENSIONS (IN CM) OF
               PCES: 2A=2X2X2, 2B=7X2X4, 2C=3X4X1, 3=10X2.5X6,
               4=6X7.5X2, 5 CONSISTS OF 7 FRAGMENTS ALL ABOUT
               3X3X4, 6=7X6X4, 7=8X3X5, 8=7X5X2.5, 9=6X3X5,
               10=2X1X1, 11=3X5X4CM;

  Vesicles   :
               Location: THROUGHOUT Filling:
               1MM SIZE IN PCE 2, OCCUR IN PCES 2-5 and 8-9;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               Minerals Replaced: BASALT
               CALCITE JOINT IN PCE 3;


Leg : 85    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 300  Analyst:
Hole: 573B  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   529.80
Core:  43   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   528.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   529.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PIECE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : NO GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF PEBBLES ON CORE FORM,
               DESCRIPTION HARD TO UNDERSTAND, THREE PIECES,
               PCE 1: VESICULAR, VESICLES <1MM, GLASSY CONTACT
               SURFACE ABOUT 0.4CM WITH LIMESTONE, PCE CUT 6X6X2CM,
               GLASS COLOR IS N7, COLOR BASALT INTERIOR IS N4 WITH
               INTERVAL OF N6 BETWEEN THE LIGHT GRAY OF THE
               INTERIOR AND THE GLASS;
               PCE 2: VESICULAR BASALT, CUT ABOUT 5X4X2CM, COLOR OF
               RIM N6 WITH DARKER ZONE AROUND N4 INTERIOR, RIM
               ABOUT 0.6CM THICK, RIM FOUND ON ONE SIDE OF CUT
               SURFACE;
               PCE 3: SAME AS PCE 2--CUT PEBBLE 5X3X2CM, COLOR N6
               RIM ABOVE N4 INTERIOR ON BOTH SIDES OF CUT SURFACE;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):       <1   Percent:
               PEBBLES ARE VESICULAR;


    

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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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