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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 94    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  740/1500  Analyst: Keigwin, L.D.
Hole: 608   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   516.20
Core:  57   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   511.70
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   515.44

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1A (74-85), 1B (85-99), 1C (101-116),
               2 (118-130), 3 (130-150);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, UPPER EDGE HAS THIN RIND (1-2MM) OF
               GLASS, BASALT AND CALCITE FRAGMENTS BELOW 136CM;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEINS 7MM THICK AT 99-100CM & 118-128CM,
               VEIN AT 100CM HAS RECOGNIZABLE NANNOFOSSILS IN SMEAR
               SLIDE;

  Alteration : ALTERATION RIND HAS TOTAL THICKNESS OF 1CM;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):       <1   Percent:
               Location: THROUGHOUT Filling:
               MOSTLY <1MM ALTHOUGH AT 89CM AS LARGE AS 3MM;

  Phenocrysts: OLIVINE
               Size(mm):         <3

               PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):         <3
               SMALL PHENOS OF WEATHERED OL & PLAG;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 94    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1300  Analyst: Keigwin, L.D.
Hole: 608   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   516.00
Core:  58   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   514.70
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   514.70

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-10), 2 (13-35), 3A (37-43), 3B (43-50),
               3C (47-50), 4 (53-62), 5 (64-71), 6 (73-79),
               7 (83-90), 8 (92-100), 9 (103-108), 10 (113-117),
               11A (121-126), 11B (126-130), 12 (133-148);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, MANY INDIVIDUAL FRAGMENTS OF CALCITE
               (PCES 2&3C&5&8&11);

  Structure  : LARGER PIECES HAVE CALCITE VEINS UP TO 4CM THICK
               (PCES 1-4&11);

  Alteration : PCE 7A HAS GREEN ALTERATION RIND;

  Comments   : PIECES IN 12 ARE VOLCANIC TUFF AND MAY BE DOWN-HOLE
               CONTAMINANTS;

  Phenocrysts: OLIVINE
               Size(mm):         <3

               PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):         <3
               SMALL PHENOS OF ALTERED OL & PLAG;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 94    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1300  Analyst: Hill, P.R.    
Hole: 608   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   522.60
Core:  59   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   521.30
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   521.30

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (3-7), 2 (10-19), 3 (23-27), 4 (32-34),
               5 (40-41), 6 (44-53), 7 (60-66), 8 (70-78),
               9 (83-103), 10 (107-110), 11 (115-130);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, ANGULAR CLASTS OF BASALT WITHIN VEINS,
               TWO FINE-GRAINED BANDS AT TOP OF PCE 10, HIGHLY
               VESICULAR;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEINS IN PCES 2&4&8&10;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 1-8;
               MOD
               PCES 9-11 (PROBABLY MIXED WITH WASH MATERIAL),
               EDGES OF VEIN SHOW RED-BROWN ZONE;
               EXT
               PCE 10 LOOKS HIGHLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : PCES 9&11 ARE COMPOSED OF SMALL BROKEN PIECES;

  Vesicles   : HIGHLY VESICULAR, VESICLES LINED WITH BLUE-GRAY
               MICROCRYSTALLINE COATING, CONTAIN BROWN CPX? AND
               PYRITE;

  Groundmass : FELDSPAR                  (   50%)
               Size(mm):        <<1

               OLIVINE                   (   10%)
               Size(mm):        <<1

  Replacement: CALCITE

               PYRITE

    

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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