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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 500  Analyst: Hsu, K.J.
Hole:  18   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   178.60
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   178.10
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   178.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (0-6), 2 (6-14), 3 (14-26), 4 (26-34),
               5 (34-50);

  Texture    : APHANITIC, BLACK GLASSY CHILLED BORDERS ARE PRESENT
               AROUND THE ZENOLITHS;

  Structure  : WITH FRACTURES FILLED BY METAMORPHOSED CALCITE
               SEDIMENTS (NOW COMPLETELY XTLLIZED TO MARBLE),
               THE FRACTURES DIP STEEPLY (SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR
               EXTENSIONAL SHEAR FRACTURES);

  Alteration : WEATHERED;

  Comments   : PALE OLIVE (5Y 6/3);

  Replacement: CALCITE
               NOW COMPLETELY XTLLIZED TO MARBLE;

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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.