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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 16    Depth to Top of Core(m):   244.00    Piece:
Hole: 161A  Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Core:  15   Sample Depth:   244.10
Sect: CC    Analyst Name: Scheidegger, K.

Analytical Method(s):
  Atomic absorption  Atomic absorption  Atomic absorption

Alteration    Rock type    Rock name
Moderate      IGNEOUS      PLAG-OL-CPX PHYRIC BASALT

SiO2    :  50.90    Al2O3:  13.87    Fe2O3(tot):  11.79
FeO(tot):           Fe2O3:           FeO       :
MgO     :   6.74    CaO  :  11.17    Na2O      :   2.54
K2O     :   0.24    TiO2 :   1.54    MnO       :
P2O5    :           LOI  :           H2O+      :   0.47
H2O-    :   0.55    CO2  :           SO3       :
S       :           Total:  99.81    Magnesium#:

Comments:
Analysis NOT normalized to 100 1n source.
Analyses are NOT on a volatile-free basis.
Essential oxides quoted to .01
Fe oxide partitions not specified or analyzed.
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.