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Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1170  Analyst: Morrison, M. Ann
Hole: 482F  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   136.67
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   132.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   135.50

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (0-117);

  Texture    : SILTY CLAY;

  Comments   : GREY;


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1170/1500  Analyst: Morrison, M. Ann
Hole: 482F  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   137.00
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   132.50
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   136.67

LITHOLOGY: PLAG-PYX, SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 2 (117-123), 3 (124-126), 4 (127-140),
               5 (140-143), 6 (144-146), 7A (146-147),
               7B (147-150);

  Texture    : PHYRIC, PCES 2-3 HAVE ALTERED GLASSY RIND RICH IN
               SULFIDES, CONTAINS 1% GLOMEROPHYRIC CLOTS OF PLAG
               AND PYX-0.5-2MM, GRAIN SIZE INCREASES FROM PCES 2-7;

  Structure  : VEINS SCARCE, HAIRLINE FRACTURES LINED WITH SMECTITE
               IN PCE 5 WHICH APPEARS SLIGHTLY ALTERED, SULFIDE AND
               CALCITE VEINS IN PCE 2 AND ADJACENT TO ALTERED RIND
               IN PCE 3;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 2-3 ALTERED GLASS WHERE GROUNDMASS SULFIDES
               OCCUR, ALTERATION LESS MARKED THAN IN HOLES B-D,
               LITTLE SIGN OF ALTERATION HALOS AROUND VEINS;

  Comments   : PCES 2-3 TOP OF COOLING UNIT, GREY;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:   0.5
               Location:            Filling: SMECTITE
               VESICLES SCARCE 0.5MM ACROSS MAINLY IN PCE 4;

  Phenocrysts: COMBINATION               (    1%)
               Size(mm):      0.5-2

                                         (S PLA%)
               Size(mm): G AND CPX

  Replacement: SULFIDES
               OCCUR IN GROUNDMASS;

               CALCITE

               SMECTITE


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Morrison, M. Ann
Hole: 482F  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   143.50
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   142.00

LITHOLOGY: PLAG-CPX SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-18), 2 (20-28), 3 (30-37), 4 (40-51),
               5 (54-60), 6 (62-70), 7 (72-78), 8 (81-87),
               9 (88-97), 10 (100-112), 11 (115-120),
               12 (121-130), 13 (132-144), 14 (145-150);

  Texture    : SPARSELY PHYRIC, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% GLOMEROPHYRIC
               CLOTS OF PLAG AND PYX;

  Structure  : VEINS OF SMECTITE AND SULFIDE OCCUR IN PCES (1,3-4,
               OTHER) HAVE SMECTITE-SULFIDE COATED SURFACES,
               MASSIVE;

  Alteration : SLIGHTLY;

  Comments   : CONTINUATION OF COOLING UNIT IN CORE 4-3;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:  TO 1
               Location:            Filling: SMECTITE,CALCITE
               NUMEROUS VESICLES, MOST SMALL LESS THAN 1MM,
               LARGER ONES 1MM ACROSS IN PCES(3-7,13) HAVE CORES
               OF CALCITE;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE               (   <1%)
               Size(mm):        1-2
               EUHEDRAL, FRESH, INTERGROWN WITH MINOR CPX;

  Replacement: SULFIDES

               SMECTITE

               CALCITE


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 280  Analyst: Morrison, M. Ann
Hole: 482F  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   143.78
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   142.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   143.50

LITHOLOGY: PLAG-CPX SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-6), 2 (7-19), 3 (21-28);

  Texture    : SPARSELY PHYRIC, PLAG-CPX GLOMEROPHYRIC CLOTS;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, SMECTITE VEINS LINED WITH SULFIDES IN PCES
               2-3;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:    <1
               Location:            Filling: SMECTITE
               SMEC-CALCITE LINED, RARELY VESICLES CLOSE TO VEINS
               CONTAIN SULIDE IN CENTRES;

  Alteration : SLIGHT
               PCE 3 HAS ALTERATION HALO 2-4MM WIDE, SOME
               GROUNDMASS SULFIDE OCCURS IN HALO AROUND VEIN IN
               PCE 3, ALTERATION SLIGHT-RELATED TO VEINS AND
               VESICLES;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               PLAG-CPX GLOMEROPHYRIC CLOTS;

               CLINOPYROXENE

  Replacement: SMECTITE

               CALCITE

               SULFIDE
               IN VEINS AND VESICLES AND IN ALTERATION HALOS;


    

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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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