Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   515.10
Core:  10   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   515.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   515.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Structure  : 0.5-1CM CAVITIES LINED WITH CALCITE AND PYRITE
               DRUSES;

  Alteration : ALTERED;

  Comments   : ONE 6CM SEMI-ROUNDED, FRAGMENT;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               PYRITE
               CALCITE AND PYRITE LINED CAVITIES;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  750/1160  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   522.16
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   521.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   521.75

LITHOLOGY: CHALK;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1160/1500  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   522.50
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   521.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   522.16

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 4 (116-124), 5 (125-130), 6 (130-138),
               7 (139-142), 8 (143-150);

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED, DIABASIC ON PCE 4, FINE-GRAINED
               ON PCES 5-8;

  Alteration : PCES 4, 6-8 ALTERED;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   522.60
Core:  11   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   521.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   522.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : ALTERED;

  Comments   : THREE 4-8CM PCES;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE, ZEOLITE
               ONE PCE PARTLY VESICULAR WITH VESICLES LINED OR
               FILLED WITH CALCITE AND ZEOLITE;

  Groundmass : PLAGIOCLASE
               PLAG LATHS;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  660/1500  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   528.50
Core:  12   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   527.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   527.66

LITHOLOGY: BASALT AND LIMESTONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (66-74), 2 (72-77), 3 (78-81), 4 (82-84),
               5 (83-92), 6 (92-97), 7 (98-106), 8 (106-112),
               9 (112-115), 10 (117-122), 11 (123-127),
               12 (128-138), 13 (138-142), 14 (143-150);

  Texture    : PCES 1-6 FINE-GRAINED, CARBONATE INCRUSTATION AT
               BASE OF PCE 1, PCES 7,9 AND 11 HOLOXTLINE, PCE 12
               APHANITIC;

  Comments   : PCE 10 IS LIMESTONE, COLOR OF PCE 1 IS GREENISH-
               BLACK TO OLIVE BLACK (5GY 2/1 TO 5Y 2/1), PCES 2 - 4
               ARE OLIVE BLACK (5Y 2/1) AND PCE 9 IS DARK GREENISH
               GRAY TO GREENISH BLACK (5GY 3/1);

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: ZEOLITE
               PCES 1-6 HAVE VESICLES LINED WITH ZEOLITE;

  Phenocrysts: OTHER
               WHITE PHENOS ON PCES 5 AND 6;

  Replacement: CARBONATE
               CARB ENCRUSTATION AT BASE OF PCE 1;


Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Rodolfo, K.
Hole: 155   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   528.60
Core:  12   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   527.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   528.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : VERY ALTERED;

  Comments   : FOUR 4-5CM DIAMETER PCES;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: ZEOLITE
               FEW ZEOLITE-LINED VUGS IN ONE PCE;

Introduction

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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