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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 70    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 190  Analyst: Hubberten, H.-W.
Hole: 507C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :    24.69
Core:   2   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    24.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    24.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 28 (0-6), 29 (8-9), 30 (12-19);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : THIN WEATHERING RIM IN PCE 28, IN PCE 30 THERE IS
               A 5-10MM WEATHERING RIM EXCEPT AT TOP OF THE
               SAMPLE, IN PCE 30 VESICLES IN WEATHERING RIM ARE
               FILLED WITH DARK-GREEN MATERIAL PARTLY OXIDIZED
               TO RED-BROWNISH MATERIAL;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):     <0.1   Percent:
               Location:            Filling: CLAY
               IN PCE 28, EMPTY IN FRESH PART AND COATED WITH
               BLUE CLAY IN THE WEATHERING RIM, IN PCE 29
               VESICLES ARE FILLED WITH WHITE MATERIAL;

               Size(mm):     <0.5   Percent:
               Location:            Filling: CLAY
               IN PCE 30 VERY SMALL VESICLES ARE EMPTY IN THE
               FRESH PART AND FILLED(COATED) WITH BLUE CLAY IN
               THE WEATHERING RIM;

               Size(mm): 0.1-0.3    Percent:
               Location:          C Filling: ALCITE
               IN THE LOWEST PART OF PCE 30 IS A ZONE OF
               GREATER VESICLES, VOID OR PARTLY FILLED WITH
               WHITE CRYSTALS (CALCITE?) IN THE FRESH PART,
               FILLED WITH DARK GREEN MATERIAL PARTLY OXIDIZED TO
               RED BROWNISH MATERIAL IN THE WEATHERING RIM;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               ID UNCERTAIN;

               CLAY MINERALS
               BLUE CLAY COATS VESICLES IN WEATHERING RIM OF
               PCE 28;


Leg : 70    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 270  Analyst: Laverne, C.
Hole: 507C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :    27.77
Core:   3   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    27.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    27.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 31 (2-5), 32 (6-13), 33 (16-18), 34 (20-22),
               35 (23-27);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, FINE-GRAINED;

  Structure  : IN PCE 32 THERE IS A SMALL VEIN FILLED BY YELLOW-
               BROWN-GREEN MATERIAL;

  Alteration : ON THE UNCUT SIDES OF PCE 31 THE ALTERATION RIM
               SHOWS DIFFERENTLY COLORED ALTERATION MATERIALS;
               FRESH
               IN PCE 32 NO ALTERATION EXCEPT YELLOW-BROWN-GREEN
               MATERIAL FILLING VEIN;
               IN PCE 33 GRAY AND BROWN GREEN ALTERATION
               MATERIAL ON ONE SIDE AND TWO POINTS OF BROWN-RED
               MATERIAL, IN PCE 34 ALTERATION RIM (1-5MM
               THICKNESS) ON TWO SIDES OF THE SAMPLE, IN PCE 35
               ALTERATION RIM (5-8MM THICKNESS) ON TWO SIDES OF
               THE SAMPLE, ON THE UNCUT FACES IS A THIN LAYER OF
               BROWN AND GREENISH MATERIAL;

  Comments   : COOLING UNIT 1;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CLAY
               IN PCE 31 NUMEROUS PINPOINT VESICLES, IN THE
               INTERIOR OF THE SAMPLE VESICLES ARE EMPTY OR
               FILLED WITH A BLUE MATERIAL(CLAY), IN THE ALTERED
               RIM ALL THE VESICLES ARE FILLED WITH BLUE OR
               YELLOW GREEN CLAY;
               IN PCE 32 NUMEROUS EMPTY PINPOINT VESICLES ARE
               FILLED WITH BLUE CLAY, PCE 35 IS SIMILAR;

  Replacement: CLAY MINERALS
               BLUE AND YELLOW-GREEN CLAY IN VESICLES;


Leg : 70    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  280/ 350  Analyst: Laverne, C.
Hole: 507C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :    27.85
Core:   3   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    27.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    27.78

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 36 (27-35);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, VERY FINE-GRAINED WITH GLASSY RIM ON ONE
               SIDE;

  Alteration : ALTERATION RIM (3-5MM THICKNESS) ON THREE SIDES OF
               THE SAMPLE, ON THE UNCUT SIDES BLUE+GREEN+YELLOW
               GREEN+GREEN BROWN CLAYS OCCUR AS A THIN COAT;

  Comments   : COOLING UNIT 2;

  Vesicles   : IN THE ALTERATION RIM VESICLES ARE FILLED WITH
               BLUE MATERIAL, VESICLES IN THE INTERIOR ARE EMPTY;


    

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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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