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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg 92, hole 597B

Total penetration (m):72.6
# sediment cores:3
Oldest sediment description: no sediment - wash to basement
Type of crust:oceanic
Depth to basement (m): 48
# Rock cores:3
Rock description:altered, massive vesicular basalt
Other holes at this site:597  597A  597C

Data types available:
core depth recovery original delimited  
density-porosity original delimited  
igneous/metamorphic rock
descriptions 		original delimited browse
igneous/metamorphic rock
paleomagnetics 		original delimited browse
igneous/metamorphic rock
major-element chemistry 		original delimited browse
igneous/metamorphic rock
minor-element chemisty 		original delimited browse
igneous/metamorphic rock
thin section descriptions 		original  browse
site summary information original delimited  
sonic velocity original delimited  

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