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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 86    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Krissek, L.
Hole: 581   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   344.50
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   343.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   343.00

LITHOLOGY: MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-6), 2 (9-12), 3 (14-20), 4 (22-27),
               5 (28-33), 6 (35-38), 7 (42-46), 8 (49-52),
               9 (55-63), 10 (65-68), 11 (71-78), 12 (81-89),
               13 (92-97), 14A (100-113), 14B (105-117),
               14C (114-123), 15 (125-130), 16 (131-138),
               17A (140-142), 17B (140-141), 17C (142-148),
               17D (147-149);

  Texture    : MODERATELY PHYRIC, 5% PHENOS IN ALL PIECES;

  Structure  : HEMATITE VEINS IN PCES 3&11&12&14-17 ALONG SMALL
               CRACKS, VEINS IN 3&14-16 CONTAIN CLAY (SMECTITE?) &
               ALTERATION PRODUCTS, CALCITE VEIN CROSS CUTS THE
               HEMATITE VEIN IN PCE 3, CALCITE VEIN IN PCE 14B,
               CRACK IN PCE 5;

  Alteration : VEINS AND ALTERATION PRODUCTS;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY COLOR(N5);

  Replacement: HEMATITE
               IN VEINS;

               CLAY
               SMECTITE? IN VEINS;

               CALCITE
               IN VEINS IN PCES 3&14B, PCES 1&2&8&10 CONTAIN
               CALCITE and ALTERATIONS OF CHLORITE and SERPENTINE?,
               PCE 17A-C CONTAINS CALCITE and SIMILAR ALTERATIONS
               AS PCES 1&2 PLUS SOME GLASS ALTERATION;

               SERPENTINITE
               ID UNCERTAIN FOR SERP;

               CHLORITE
               UNCUT SURFACES SHOW MINOR ALTERATION TO CHLORITE;


Leg : 86    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Krissek, L.
Hole: 581   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   346.00
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   343.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   344.50

LITHOLOGY: MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-8), 2 (10-18), 3 (21-28), 4 (31-35),
               5 (39-42), 6 (45-54), 7 (56-67), 8 (68-78),
               9 (82-88), 10 (90-95), 11 (95-104), 12 (105-115),
               13 (118-122), 14 (124-139), 15 (142-148);

  Texture    : MODERATELY PHYRIC, <5% PHENOS;

  Structure  : VEINS FILLED WITH FERRIC OXIDE ALTERATION PRODUCTS
               IN PCES 1&5-11&13, DARK GREEN CHLORITE/ALTERED
               GLASS(?) VEINS IN PCES 2&3&5&7&9 (VERY LARGE VEIN
               ACROSS TOP OF PCE) &12&14;

  Alteration : VEINS AND ALTERATION PRODUCTS;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY COLOR(N5), PCES 13&15 UNSPLIT SO
               INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND ALTERATION UNKNOWN BUT THEY
               SHOW MINOR EXTERNAL ALTERATION TO CHLORITE;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               FE.OXIDE PRODUCTS IN VEINS;

               CHLORITE
               CHLORITE/ALTERED GLASS? IN VEINS;

               SMECTITE
               ID UNCERTAIN, BROWNISH, SOFT MATERIAL, INCLUDED IN
               GREEN VEINS IN PCES 2A&14;
               PCES 2-5 SHOW TRANSITION FROM EXTERNAL GLASS/
               SLIGHTLY ALTERED GLASS TO FINE-GRAINED AND APHYRIC
               BASALT INTERIOR BUT ALL PCES WERE ROTATED DURING
               RECOVERY SO BASALT TOP (GLASSY SURFACE) IS NOT
               POINTED UPWARDS, ALTERATION RIND IN PCES 2-5
               INCLUDES INTERLAYERED CALCITE AND CHLORITE AND
               SLIGHTLY ALTERED GLASS;

               CALCITE


Leg : 86    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1420  Analyst: Krissek, L.
Hole: 581   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   347.42
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   343.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   346.00

LITHOLOGY: MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS CORE 19 SEC 2;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (3-12), 2 (14-23), 3 (25-27), 4 (30-45),
               5 (47-63), 6 (67-73), 7A (75-82), 7B (83-95),
               7C (96-103), 7D (105-119), 8A (122-135),
               8B (137-141);

  Texture    : MODERATELY PHYRIC, <5% VISIBLE PHENOS IN ALL PIECES;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEINS IN PCES 2&4&7B-C, DARK GREEN CHLORITE?
               VEINS IN PCES 2&4&7B-D&8A--PERHAPS ALTERED GLASS,
               SMALL CRACKS AND VEINS CONTAINING HEMATITE
               ALTERATION IN PCES 1-4 and 7B-D and 8A-B;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY COLOR(N5);

  Replacement: HEMATITE
               ALONG SMALL CRACKS AND IN VEINS;

               CHLORITE
               CHLORITE?/ALTERED GLASS? IN VEINS;

               CALCITE
               IN VEINS;


Leg : 86    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 650  Analyst: Krissek, L.
Hole: 581   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   348.15
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   343.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   347.50

LITHOLOGY: MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS CORE 19 SEC 2&3;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (3-7), 2 (10-29), 3 (32-36), 4 (40-52),
               5 (55-63);

  Texture    : MODERATLEY PHYRIC, 3-5% PHENOS IN ALL PIECES;

  Structure  : CRACKS FILLED WITH HEMATITE IN PCES 1&2&4&5, CALCITE
               VUGS IN PCES 3&4 WITH CHLORITE (SERPENTINE?) AND
               HEMATITE IN PCE 3 and CHLORITE IN PCE 4;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY COLOR(N5);

  Replacement: HEMATITE
               FILLS CRACKS;

               CHLORITE
               IN VUGS;

               CALCITE
               IN VUGS;

               SERPENTINITE
               ID UNCERTAIN FOR SERP;


    

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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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