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Core data from the Ocean Drilling Program legs 101-129
leg : 106 section: 01 unit/subunit : 0001
hole: 0649C top int: 0 cm observer code: KUE
core: 001D pieces : 1-3
rock name: APHYRIC BASALT
contact : n/a
***** MAIN COMMENTS *****
Glass: glassy margin, fresh, no contacts.
***** PHENOCRYSTS *****
phenocryst name % size description
Plagioclase n/a 2 mm Euhedral, fresh, 3 phenocrysts on
outer surface
Irregular distribution.
***** GROUNDMASS *****
Glassy to very fine grained.
***** COLOR *****
Gray
***** VESICLES *****
percent: 3
size: < 1 mm
shape: Some round, some elongate, mostly empty
distribution: Even distribution
Some lined with orange clay.
***** STRUCTURE *****
n/a
***** ALTERATION *****
Fresh, yellow green clay on outer surface, rare sulfides with clay.
***** VEINS/FRACTURES *****
One empty crack.
leg : 106 section: 01 unit/subunit : 0001
hole: 0649C top int: 5 cm observer code: KUE
core: 001D pieces : 2
rock name: APHYRIC BASALT
contact : n/a
***** MAIN COMMENTS *****
Glass: glassy margin on one of three pieces, fresh, no contacts.
***** PHENOCRYSTS *****
Absent
***** GROUNDMASS *****
Glassy to fine grained.
***** COLOR *****
Gray
***** VESICLES *****
percent: 3
size: < 1 mm
shape: Round, some empty
distribution: Even distribution
Some filled by green clay, even distribution.
***** STRUCTURE *****
n/a
***** ALTERATION *****
Fresh, yellow green clay on outer surface, some orange brown.
***** VEINS/FRACTURES *****
none
leg : 106 section: 01 unit/subunit : 0001
hole: 0649C top int: 9 cm observer code: KUE
core: 001D pieces : 3
rock name: APHYRIC BASALT
contact : n/a
***** MAIN COMMENTS *****
Glass: glassy margin, fresh, no contacts.
***** PHENOCRYSTS *****
phenocryst name % size description
Plagioclase n/a n/a Single euhedral phenocryst
***** GROUNDMASS *****
Glassy to very fine grained.
***** COLOR *****
Gray
***** VESICLES *****
percent: 3
size: < 1 mm
shape: Round
distribution: Even distribution
Some filled by orange brown clay.
***** STRUCTURE *****
n/a
***** ALTERATION *****
Fresh, orange brown coating on outer surface.
***** VEINS/FRACTURES *****
One fracture filled with single crystal of pyrite.
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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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