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: 12.66139 to 12.6592
Ship: Thomas G. Thompson Longitude: 143.35343 to 143.3572
Cruise: TN273 Water Depth(m): 3050 to 3049
Sample: TN273-09D Date: 20111229 to 20111229
Device: dredge, rock PI: Katherine Kelly
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN: URI900088
Province: ridge crest

200kg of lava. 1/2 bag full of large pillows. Collected from a spreading center ridge axis, Mariana trough, ridges to W of main axis; southern most site of ridge.

Contact URI TN273 data at R2R
1 :    IGSN URI900089  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-01. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
2 :    IGSN URI900090  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-02. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
3 :    IGSN URI900091  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-03. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
4 :    IGSN URI900092  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-04. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
5 :    IGSN URI900093  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-05. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
6 :    IGSN URI900094  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-06. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
7 :    IGSN URI900095  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-07. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
8 :    IGSN URI900096  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-08. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
9 :    IGSN URI900097  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-09. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
10 :    IGSN URI900098  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-10. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
11 :    IGSN URI900099  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-11. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
12 :    IGSN URI900100  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-12. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
13 :    IGSN URI900101  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples exhibit fresh glass
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-13. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
14 :    IGSN URI900102  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-14. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
15 :    IGSN URI900103  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples exhibit fresh glass
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-15. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
16 :    IGSN URI900104  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-16. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
17 :    IGSN URI900105  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-17. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
18 :    IGSN URI900106  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-18. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
19 :    IGSN URI900107  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-19. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
20 :    IGSN URI900108  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-20. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
21 :    IGSN URI900109  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-21. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
22 :    IGSN URI900110  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-22. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
23 :    IGSN URI900111  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-23. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
24 :    IGSN URI900112  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-24. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
25 :    IGSN URI900113  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-25. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
26 :    IGSN URI900114  
Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-09D-01-26. Pillow lavas and flow tops, several basalt clasts (>100) 3-20cm in diameter; fresh glass rind (5mm thick)
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