NOAA NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center WDC MGG Seafloor Series Volume 2

Core data from the Ocean Drilling Program legs 101-129


 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:   9 cm
 
 lithology: PEBBLES OF SILTSTONE, SILICEOUS CLAYSTONE, CLAYSTONE, AND 
            DOLOMITE
 color    : DARK YELLOWISH BROWN, VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN, REDDISH 
            BROWN, DARK GRAYISH BROWN, VERY PALE BROWN
 color nos: 10YR 4/4, 10YR 3/2, 2.5YR 4/4, 2.5Y 4/2, 10YR 7/3
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :   9 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  13 cm
 
 lithology: SILTSTONE AND VERY FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE
 color    : REDDISH BROWN
 color nos: 2.5YR 4/2
 minerals : MATRIX RECRYSTALLIZED TO SERICITE AND CHLORITE
 comments : SOME PIECES WEAKLY FOLIATED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  13 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  18 cm
 
 lithology: BRECCIATED DOLOMITE WITH DETRTIAL DOLOMITE MATRIX
 color    : GRAYISH BROWN WITH YELLOW DOLOMITE MATRIX AND "WHITE" SPARRY
            DOLOMITE
 color nos: 2.5Y 5/2 WITH 2.5Y 7/8 AND 2.5Y 8/9
 structure: VEINS
 unusual ocurrences: LARGE VEINS FILLED WITH WHITE SPARRY DOLOMITE
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  18 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  29 cm
 
 lithology: FINE-GRAINED QUARTZOSE SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE
 color    : DARK BROWN
 color nos: 10YR 4/3
 minerals : MATRIX RECRYSTALLIZED TO MUSCOVITE, SERICITE AND CHLORITE
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  29 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  39 cm
 
 lithology: BRECCIATED DOLOMITE WITH DETRTIAL DOLOMITE MATRIX
 color    : GRAYISH BROWN WITH YELLOW DOLOMITE MATRIX AND WHITE SPARRY 
            DOLOMITE
 color nos: 2.5Y 5/2 WITH 2.5Y 7/8 AND 2.5Y 8/9
 structure: VEINS
 drill def: DRILLING BRECCIA ?
 unusual ocurrences: LARGE VEINS FILLED WITH WHITE SPARRY DOLOMITE
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  39 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  44 cm
 
 lithology: CRS-GRAINED CRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE
 color    : GRAYISH BROWN
 color nos: 2.5Y 5/2
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  44 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  60 cm
 
 lithology: BRECCIATED DOLOMITE WITH DETRTIAL DOLOMITE MATRIX
 color    : GRAYISH BROWN WITH YELLOW DOLOMITE MATRIX AND WHITE SPARRY 
            DOLOMITE
 color nos: 2.5Y 5/2 WITH 2.5Y 7/8 AND 2.5Y 8/9
 structure: VEINS
 drill def: DRILLING BRECCIA ?
 unusual ocurrences: LARGE VEINS FILLED WITH WHITE SPARRY DOLOMITE
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  60 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  64 cm
 
 lithology: SKELETAL-FOSSILIFEROUS LIME MUDSTONE TO WACKESTONE
 color    : VERY PALE BROWN
 color nos: 10YR 7/3
 paleontology: THIN-SHELLED BIVALVES, GASTROPODS, SERPULID WORM TUBES, 
               MOLLUSCS
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  64 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  67 cm
 
 lithology: CRS-GRAINED CRYSTALLINE DOLOMITE
 color    : GRAYISH BROWN
 color nos: 2.5Y 5/2
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :  67 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  71 cm
 
 lithology: SKELETAL-FOSSILIFEROUS LIME MUDSTONE TO WACKESTONE
 color    : VERY PALE BROWN
 color nos: 10YR 7/3
 paleontology: THIN-SHELLED BIVALVES, GASTROPODS, SERPULID WORM TUBES, 
               MOLLUSCS
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001R         bottom interval:  26 cm
 
 lithology: SKELETAL-FOSSILIFEROUS LIME MUDSTONE TO WACKESTONE
 color    : VERY PALE BROWN TO LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/3 TO 10YR 7/2
 structure: FRACTURES
 unusual ocurrences: SOME FRACTURES FILLED BY SPAR CEMENT
 paleontology: THIN-SHELLED BIVALVES, GASTROPODS, SERPULID WORM TUBES, 
               MOLLUSCS
 comments : MAY HAVE MINOR PRESSURE-SOLUTION CLAY THREADS; FRACTURES DIP
            ~ 60 DEGREES
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 002R         bottom interval:   7 cm
 
 lithology: BRECCIATED MEDIUM-GRAINED QUARTZ SANDSTONE
 color    : "DARK GRAY" TO "BLACK"
 color nos: NOT INDICATED IN VISUAL CORE DESCRIPTION
 structure: RACTURE
 minerals : QUARTZ, METAQUARTZITE?, FERRIC OXIDE/HYDROXIDE IN FRACTURE
 comments : "SUGARY" TEXTURE
 more data:  
 
 leg : 103          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0639F        top interval   :   7 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 002R         bottom interval:  27 cm
 
 lithology: SILICIC, HYPABYSSAL ROCK (?RHYOLITE-DACITE)
 color    : "BROWN"
 color nos: NOT INDICATED IN VISUAL CORE DESCRIPTION
 minerals : 80% QUARTZ, SOME FELDSPAR, MICA, OXIDES
 comments : POSSIBLY GRANITIC COMPOSITION WITH HYABYSSAL TEXTURE, GRAIN 
            SIZE ~ 1 MM
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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Ocean Drilling Program Legs 101-129 CD-ROM produced in 2001 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices. Additional ocean drilling data are available from NGDC and from the ODP/IODP.

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