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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1500  Analyst:
Hole:  24A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   551.50
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   550.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   551.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT FRAGMENTS IN MUD;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : DIABASIC OR PORPHYRITIC, MUCH OF TEXTURE
               DESTROYED;

  Alteration : HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED;

  Groundmass : OLIVINE
               ALKALI OL;


Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst:
Hole:  24A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   553.00
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   550.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   551.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT FRAGMENTS IN MUD;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : DIABASIC OR PORPHYRITIC, MUCH OF TEXTURE
               DESTROYED;

  Alteration : HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED;

  Groundmass : OLIVINE
               ALKALI OL;

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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.