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| Repository: | URI | Latitude: | 12.99613 to 12.99623 |
| Ship: | Thomas G. Thompson | Longitude: | 143.62335 to 143.62488 |
| Cruise: | TN273 | Water Depth(m): | 2885 to 2855 |
| Sample: | TN273-01D | Date: | 20111227 to 20111227 |
| Device: | dredge, rock | PI: | Katherine Kelly |
| Storage: | room temperature, dry | IGSN: | URI900037 |
| Province: | ridge crest | ||
<1kg of lava. One fist-sized rock fragment and small glass fragments. Collected from a spreading center ridge axis, Mariana trough, line upslope just off ridge axis to west; hummocky terrain from backscatter image. | |||
| Contact URI | TN273 data at R2R |
| 1 : IGSN URI900038 | |
| Lithology and Mineralogy: | igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, vesicular (>10% vesicles) |
| Weathering / Metamorphism: | weathering - light |
| Glass and remarks: | some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings |
| Comments: | Sample TN273-01D-01-01. Vesicular glassy lava; minor weathering (red-orange platy) |
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