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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 12    Depth to Top of Core(m):   311.00    Piece:
Hole: 117A  Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Core:  11   Sample Depth:   312.50
Sect:  2    Analyst Name: Aumento, F.

Analytical Method(s):
  X-Ray fluorescence  X-Ray fluorescence  X-Ray fluorescence

Alteration    Rock type    Rock name
Extensive     IGNEOUS      OL-PLAG PHYRIC BASALT

SiO2    :           Al2O3:           Fe2O3(tot):
FeO(tot):           Fe2O3:           FeO       :
MgO     :           CaO  :           Na2O      :
K2O     :           TiO2 : 1.9038    MnO       :
P2O5    :           LOI  :           H2O+      :
H2O-    :           CO2  :           SO3       :
S       :           Total:           Magnesium#:

Comments:
Essential oxides quoted to .01
Laboratory analysis.
Data source is Initial Reports.
Sample (or sample split) was analyzed more than once, e.g., both onboard
ship and at one or more shore laboratories or by different techniques.
Partial analysis.



Leg : 12    Depth to Top of Core(m):   311.00    Piece:
Hole: 117A  Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 100
Core:  11   Sample Depth:   312.55
Sect:  2    Analyst Name: Murphy, J.

Analytical Method(s):

Alteration    Rock type    Rock name
Extensive     IGNEOUS      OL-PLAG PHYRIC BASALT

SiO2    :  38.14    Al2O3:  12.81    Fe2O3(tot):
FeO(tot):           Fe2O3:   7.43    FeO       :   4.29
MgO     :   6.63    CaO  :  11.75    Na2O      :   2.40
K2O     :   1.75    TiO2 :   1.62    MnO       :   0.25
P2O5    :   0.25    LOI  :           H2O+      :   4.36
H2O-    :   2.60    CO2  :   5.26    SO3       :
S       : 0.0110    Total:  99.54    Magnesium#:

Comments: CHLORITIZED AND CARBONATED
Analysis NOT normalized to 100 1n source.
Analyses are NOT on a volatile-free basis.
Essential oxides quoted to .01
Laboratory analysis.
Data source is Initial Reports.
ship and at one or more shore laboratories or by different techniques.



Leg : 12    Depth to Top of Core(m):   311.00    Piece:
Hole: 117A  Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1500
Core:  11   Sample Depth:   313.95
Sect:  2    Analyst Name: Murphy, J.

Analytical Method(s):

Alteration    Rock type    Rock name
Extensive     IGNEOUS      OL-PLAG PHYRIC BASALT

SiO2    :  43.33    Al2O3:  14.73    Fe2O3(tot):
FeO(tot):           Fe2O3:   4.13    FeO       :   6.54
MgO     :   8.54    CaO  :   9.24    Na2O      :   2.37
K2O     :   0.81    TiO2 :   1.88    MnO       :   0.31
P2O5    :   0.30    LOI  :           H2O+      :   3.50
H2O-    :   2.85    CO2  :   0.96    SO3       :
S       : 0.0100    Total:  99.49    Magnesium#:

Comments: CHLORITIZED
Analysis NOT normalized to 100 1n source.
Analyses are NOT on a volatile-free basis.
Essential oxides quoted to .01
Laboratory analysis.
Data source is Initial Reports.
ship and at one or more shore laboratories or by different techniques.

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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced 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, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices.