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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Marshall, M.
Hole: 303A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   286.30
Core:   9   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   284.80
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   284.80

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-15), 2 (15-20), 3 (20-25), 4 (25-27),
               5 (25-26), 6 (29-33), 7 (35-38), 8 (39-54),
               9 (55-60), 10 (60-66), 11 (67-69), 12 (70-74),
               13 (75-79), 14 (80-90), 15 (90-110), 16 (110-112),
               17 (114-115), 18 (115-130), 19 (130-141),
               20 (141-146), 21 (149-151);

  Texture    : APHYRIC (APHANITIC), INTERGRANULAR WITH FINE-GRAINED
               GROUNDMASS, VARIOLES AT TOP OF PCE 3 (22CM), NO
               GLASS SEEN,NO PHENOS SEEN;

  Structure  : FRACTURE SPACING 2-3CM (ON AVERAGE), VEINS FILLED
               WITH CALCITE AND CELADONITE/MONT(?);

  Alteration : WEATHERED BASALT, PLAG AND PYX APPEAR FAIRLY
               UNALTERED;

  Comments   : WET- GREYISH BLACK (N2) TO GREENISH BLACK (5G2/1)
               AND DRY- MEDIUM LIGHT GREY (N6) TO LIGHT GREEN GREY
               (5G7/1), PROBABLY OTHER COOLING UNITS IN SECTION
               BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT WITHOUT SPLITTING CORE;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):      0.5   Percent:
               Location:            Filling: CELAD, MONT
               SPARSE VESICLES WITH YELLOW-GREEN ALTERATION-
               CELAD AND MONT OCCUR AS VESICLE FILLING;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE

               PYROXENE

  Replacement: CELADONITE

               MONTMORILLONITE
               YELLOW-GREEN ALTERATION (CELAD/MONT?) OCCUR
               VESICLE FILLING AND REPLACING OLIVINE PHENOS AND
               PATCHES IN GROUNDMASS;


Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  490/1500  Analyst: Marshall, M.
Hole: 303A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   289.50
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   288.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   288.49

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;


Leg : 32    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  490/1500  Analyst: Marshall, M.
Hole: 303A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   289.50
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   288.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   288.49

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (CALCITE PEBBLE);

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (49-60), 2 (60-67), 3 (69-70), 4 (71-75),
               5 (75-81), 6 (81-83), 7 (84-105), 8 (105-113),
               9 (114-121), 10 (123-125), 11 (123-125),
               12 (125-135), 13 (135-145), 14 (146-150);

  Texture    : APHYRIC (APHANITIC), FINE-GRAINED, PCE 14 IS CALCITE
               PEBBLE- PROBABLY VEIN FILLING MATERIAL, BASALT IS
               DARKER AND APPEARS FINER-GRAINED AT 48+76+87+108+
               126CM;

  Structure  : VEINS ARE FILLED WITH CALCITE AND CELAD/MONT(?);

  Alteration : SLIGHT
               BASALT IS SOMEWHAT WEATHERED;

  Comments   : WET- GREY BLACK (N2) TO GREEN GREY (5GY3/1) AND DRY-
               LIGHT GREY (N7) TO GREEN GREY (5G5/1), WHERE BASALT
               APPEARS DARKER AND FINER-GRAINED (48+76+87+108+126
               CM) COULD BE COOLING UNIT MARGINS;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):      0.5   Percent:
               SPARSE VESICLES;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):       CA 1
               SPARSE PLAG LATHS;

  Replacement: CELADONITE

               MONTMORILLONITE
               ID MONT IN VEINS IS UNCERTAIN;

               CALCITE


    

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Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified 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 (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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