National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Satellite and Information Service US National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples

Repository: URI Latitude: 13.2867
Ship: Thomas G. Thompson Longitude: 143.72998
Cruise: TN273 Water Depth(m): 3043
Sample: TN273-01W Date: 20111224
Device: core PI: Katherine Kelly
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN: URI900000
Province: ridge crest

Wax core; wax-bearing weight dropped to the seafloor. Spreading center ridge axis. Mariana trough, northern-most point on southern-most spreading segment.

Contact URI TN273 data at R2R
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Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt
Comments: Sample TN273-01W-01-01. Microscopic glass fragments and sediment clasts embedded in wax
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