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: 12.61655 to 12.59698
Ship: Thomas G. Thompson Longitude: 143.20051 to 143.237
Cruise: TN273 Water Depth(m): 2790 to 3046
Sample: TN273-12D Date: 20111230 to 20111230
Device: dredge, rock PI: Katherine Kelly
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN: URI900115
Province: ridge crest

<1kg of lava. Dredge came up empty - some chips of glass embedded in Pb WEIGHT. Collected from a seamount, Mariana trough, cone shaped edifice - western flank.

Contact URI TN273 data at R2R
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Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, pillow
Glass and remarks: some samples with fresh glass & Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-12D-01-01. Island arc. many basaltic glass fragments <2 mm pulled from lead weight with tweezers. (Do not run for Pb)
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