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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 320  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505A  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   196.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   196.81   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 102

ROCK = PLAG-OL PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PHYRIC,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (  >40%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.03  Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION;

             CLINOPYROXENE
             Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC
             SEGREGATION VESICLES*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 320  Describer: Pertsev, N.
Hole: 505A  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   196.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   1   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   196.81   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 102

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             FRESH,PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL PHENOS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (10-20%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION;

             CLINOPYROXENE             ( .5-1%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             SPHERULITIC MESOSTASIS    (  >40%)

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (  1-5%)
             XTLS LARGER THAN PYRITE ARE EUHEDRAL OR SUBHEDRAL
             AND CONFINED TO THE MESOSTASIS;

             CHROME SPINEL             (   TR%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             LIMITED NUMBER OF XTLS OF CR-SPINEL(VERMICULAR);

             PYRITE
             SUBMICROSCOPIC,DISSEMINATED IN THE MESOSTASIS,ALSO
             SOME LARGER SKELETAL XTLS,CR-SPINEL,PYRITE AND
             TITANO-MAGN ARE 1% OF SLIDE*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: GROUNDMASS
             BROWN*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:  .5-1
             Filling: SMECTITE




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  510/ 550  Describer: Noack, Y.
Hole: 505A  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   203.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   204.03   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 109

ROCK = PLAG-OL PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: PHYRIC,INTERSERTAL,OPHITIC;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             OLIVINE                   (  1-5%)
             Size(mm):       .3-1
             FRESH PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL PHENOS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):      .1-.3

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):     .03-.1

             PLAGIOCLASE               (  >40%)
             Size(mm):    .01-.03
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG IN SECTION,APPROX COMP
             AN55-65;

             CLINOPYROXENE
             Morphology: SKELETAL,DENDRITIC

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             A YELLOW ZONE WITH PATCHES OF YELLOW-RED MATERIAL
             (SMECTITES+OXIDES?)*

Vesicles   -
             Filling: SMECTITE
             FILLED WITH YELLOW-BROWN SMECTITE*




Leg : 69    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  510/ 550  Describer: Pertsev, N.
Hole: 505A  Top of Core Depth(m)   :   203.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:   2   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   204.03   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 109

ROCK = PLAG-OL MOD PHYRIC BASALT
       ROCK IS EXTREMELY FRESH,THERE IS A ZONE OF
       OXIDATION;
       Texture: MOD PHYRIC,MICROLITIC*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             OLIVINE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             FRESH AND ALTERED ONLY ALONG RARE CRACKS;

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):        1-3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE
             Size(mm):       .3-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   ( 5-10%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL OL IN SECTION,GROUNDMASS OL
             IS ALTERED;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (20-40%)
             Size(mm):      .1-.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             PERCENT IS FOR TOTAL PLAG PHENOS;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (10-20%)
             Size(mm):     .03-.1  Morphology: ANHEDRAL

             TITANOMAGNETITE           (  1-5%)

             PYRITE
             PYRITE AND TITANO-MAGN FORMS 2% OF SLIDE IN RATIO
             30/70=PYRITE/TITANO-MAGN,CONTACTS SHARP,PYRITE AND
             TITANO-MAGN SIMILAR SIZE AND ARE EUHEDRAL/
             SUBHEDRAL OR SKELETAL,THERE IS A SIZE RANGE IN ANY
             ONE AREA,PYRITE WOULD APPEAR TO BE SECONDARY,
             LIMITED AMOUNT OF PYRITE VEINING*

Alteration - SMECTITE
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             ALL SMECTITE FILLINGS OR PSEUDOMORPHS HAVE DEEP
             YELLOW COLOR,IN THE LAST PART SMECTITE IS LIGHT
             YELLOW-GRAY*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):     .3-1
             Percent:   1-5
             Filling: SMECTITE
             Shape: ROUND




    

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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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