Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  7    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/1500  Analyst: Heath, R.
Hole:  63   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   562.50
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   561.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   561.24

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINELY PORPHYRITIC;

  Structure  : PINK, GREEN, AND WHITE VEINS PRESENT;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N3), WITH OVERLYING, LITTLE ALTERED NANNO
               CHALK AND INGESTED PALE GREEN AND RED RE-XTLIZED
               CHALK;

  Groundmass : FELDSPAR
               Size(mm):        1-2

  Replacement: UNIDENTIFIED
               VEINS FILLED WITH GREEN, PINK AND WHITE MATERIAL;


Leg :  7    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500  Analyst: Heath, R.
Hole:  63   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   564.50
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   563.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   563.80

LITHOLOGY: THOLEIITIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC;

  Structure  : STRONGLY FRACTURED;

  Alteration : FAIRLY FRESH;

  Comments   : GRAY-BLACK;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):          1


Leg :  7    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Heath, R.
Hole:  63   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   566.00
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   563.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   564.50

LITHOLOGY: THOLEIITIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC, FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : DENSE, HEAVILY FRACTURED;

  Alteration : FAIRLY FRESH;

  Comments   : GRAY-BLACK, FRACTURE SURFACES COVERED WITH CHOLRITE,
               PALE REDDISH BROWN (10R 6/4) LIMESTONE (RE-XTLIZED)
               INCLUSION AT 10CM;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE
               Size(mm):        1-3


Leg :  7    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Heath, R.
Hole:  63   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   566.10
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   563.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   566.10

LITHOLOGY: THOLEIITIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Comments   : CORE CATCHER IS VERY SIMILAR TO CORES 11-1 AND -2;

Introduction

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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