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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1380/1410  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   425.41
Core:  23   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   424.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   425.38

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : SLIGHTLY

  Comments   : DARK GRAY N3 WHEN WET AND MEDIUM DARK GRAY N4 WHEN
               DRY;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: FELD OR ZEOL,

               Location:            Filling: FE.OX
               VESICULAR BASALT, SMALL VESICLES (MILLIMETER),
               SOME VOID, SOME FILLED WITH FELD OR ZEOLITES(?)
               AND SOME FILLED WITH IRON OXIDE;

  Replacement: ZEOLITE
               ID UNCERTAIN, IN VESICLES;

               IRON OXIDE
               IN VESICLES;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  580/ 630  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   452.63
Core:  24   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   452.58

LITHOLOGY: MUDSTONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (58-63);


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  630/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   453.50
Core:  24   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   452.63

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 2 (63-75), 3 (75-86), 4 (85-102), 5 (102-105),
               6 (105-112), 7 (113-116), 8 (117-124), 9 (124-141),
               10 (141-150);

  Texture    : PCE 8 IS BASALT CLASTS IN A VITREOUS PALE GREEN
               GLASSY MATRIX;

  Structure  : RELATIVELY MASSIVE WITH SOME VERY THIN CALCITE
               FILLED VEINLETS (SOME WITH A GREENISH HUE), IN PCES
               9+10 VEINLETS ARE VERY THIN (.1-.5MM);

  Comments   : COLOR IS DARK GRAY (N3) TO BLACK (N1) WHEN WET AND
               LIGHT GRAY (N6 TO N7) WHEN DRY, PCE 8 SHOWS
               INCORPORATION OF BASALT CLASTS IN A VITREOUS PALE
               GREEN GLASSY MATRIX;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE,OTHER
               VESICULAR, SOME OF THE VESICLES ARE EMPTY AND SOME
               ARE FILLED WITH GLASSY MATERIAL, SOME (RARE) WITH
               CALCITE?;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINLETS, SOME WITH GREENISH HUE;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/1050  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   462.05
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   461.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   461.85

LITHOLOGY: MUD AND NANNO;

  Comments   : NANNO IS CONTAMINATION FROM UP HOLE;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1400  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   462.40
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   461.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   462.05

LITHOLOGY: CAVINGS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1400  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   462.40
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   461.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   462.05

LITHOLOGY: GRAVEL OF SEVERAL LITHOLOGIES (BROWN+GREEN+GRAY
           MUD);


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   462.50
Core:  25   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   461.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   462.40

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           SAME AS INTERVAL (85-105) IN SECTION 25-1;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1410  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   481.41
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   481.20

LITHOLOGY: SILTSTONE AND MUDSTONE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (120-126), 2 (126-134), 3 (134-141);


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1410/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   481.50
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   481.41

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 4 (141-150);

  Texture    : HETEROGENEOUS-VARYING GLASSY ZONES, INCLUSION FILLED
               WITH GLASSY MATERIAL;

  Comments   : BASALT IS DARK GRAY N3 WHEN WET AND N6 WHEN DRY;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   483.00
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   481.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : NUMEROUS WHITE (SOMETIMES STAINED GREEN) INCLUSIONS;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, RARE THIN CALCITE VEINLETS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N2-N3) WHEN WET AND LIGHT GRAY (N6-N7)
               WHEN DRY;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               RARE THIN CALCITE VEINLETS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  160/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   484.50
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   483.16

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : RARE OCCASIONAL WHITE SMALL INCLUSIONS;

  Structure  : VERY RARE CALCITE VEINS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N2-N3) WHEN WET AND LIGHT GRAY (N6-N7)
               WHEN DRY;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   484.60
Core:  26   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   480.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   484.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           AS IN SECTIONS 2 AND 3;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  580/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   486.50
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   485.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   485.58

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : SMALL WHITE INCLUSIONS;

  Structure  : MASSIVE WITH OCCASIONAL THIN CALCITE VEINLETS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N2-N3) WHEN WET AND LIGHT GRAY (N6-N7)
               WHEN DRY;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINLETS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  290/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   488.00
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   485.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   486.79

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : RARE SMALL WHITE INCLUSIONS;

  Structure  : MASSIVE WITH OCCASIONAL THIN CALCITE VEINLETS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY (N2-N3) WHEN WET AND LIGHT GRAY (N6-N7)
               WHEN DRY;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  130/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   489.50
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   485.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   488.13

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : RARE SMALL WHITE INCLUSIONS (LOWER LARGER - UP TO
               1CM LONG AT 112CM;

  Structure  : MASSIVE WITH OCCASIONAL THIN CALCITE FILLED
               VEINLETS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY WHEN WET (N2-N3) AND LIGHT GRAY WHEN DRY
               (N6-N7);

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINLETS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   491.00
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   485.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   489.70

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : RARE SMALL WHITE INCLUSIONS (ONE LARGE INCLUSION IS
               1.5CM AT 30CM);

  Structure  : MASSIVE WITH OCCASIONAL THIN CALCITE FILLED
               VEINLETS;

  Comments   : DARK GRAY WHEN WET (N2-N3) AND LIGHT GRAY WHEN DRY
               (N6-N7);

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN VEINLETS;


Leg : 17    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Lancelot, Y.
Hole: 165A  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   491.10
Core:  27   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   485.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   491.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;
           SAME AS IN SECTIONS 1+2+3;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


    

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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