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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   511.10
Core:  38   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   506.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   511.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALTIC ROCK FRAGMENTS;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  350/ 600  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   516.60
Core:  39   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   516.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   516.35

LITHOLOGY: CARBONATE ROCK AND BASALTIC FRAGMENTS;
           INTERMIXED CARBONATE ROCK AND BASALT FRAGMENT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : BASALT FRAGMENTS ARE FINE-GRAINED APHANITIC,
               CHLORITIZED BASALTIC GLASS FRAGMENTS RIMMED WITH
               PALE BLUISH GREEN (5BG6/2) MATERIAL;

  Alteration : WEATHERED BASALT FRAGMENTS;

  Comments   : BASALT COLOR IS LIGHT OLIVE GRAY (5Y6/1),
               CHLORITIZED BASALTIC GLASS IS GREENISH BLACK
               (5GY2/1);

  Replacement: CHLORITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   517.50
Core:  39   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   516.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   516.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED, INTERVALS (60-80) AND
               (113-138) AND (147-150);

  Texture    : INTERVAL (60-80) IS COARSER GRAINED (PHANERITIC),
               INTERVAL (113-138) IS PHANERITIC, INTERVAL
               (147-150) IS FINE-GRAINED (APHANITIC);

  Structure  : IN INTERVALS (60-80) AND (113-138) VEINLETS OF
               CHLORITE AND CALCITE WERE SEEN;

  Alteration : INTERVALS (60-80) AND (113-138) ARE SPILITIZED
               AND PARTIALLY WEATHERED;

  Comments   : INTERVALS (60-80) AND (113-138) ARE MEDIUM DARK
               GREENISH GRAY (5GY 5/1), INTERVAL (147-150) IS
               MEDIUM OLIVE GRAY (5Y 5/1), FOR MORE INFORMATION
               REFER TO "LITHOLOGY SUMMARY" IN THE SITE
               212 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE,CHLORITE
               AMYGDULES IN INTERVAL (113-138) CONTAIN CALCITE
               AND CHLORITE;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               CHLORITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   517.50
Core:  39   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   516.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   516.60

LITHOLOGY: VOLCANIC BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED, INTERVALS (80-115) AND
               (138-147);

  Comments   : INTERVAL (80-115) IS A BRECCIA OF CARBONATE AND MAFI
               VOLCANICS, VERY LIGHT GRAY (N8) CARBONATE ROCK
               FRAGMENTS WITH INCLUSION OF CHLORITIZED GLASS
               FRAGMENTS AND ANGULAR APHANITIC BASALT FRAGMENTS,
               ABOUT 70% CARBONATE ROCK AND ABOUT 30% VOLCANICS
               OCCUR;
               INTERVAL (138-147) IS A BRECCIA OF CARBONATE AND
               VOLCANICS, VERY LIGHT GRAY (N8) CARBONATE ROCK WITH
               INCLUSION OF CHLORITIZED GLASS AND WEATHERED FINE
               GRAINED BASALT FRAGMENTS, ONE FORAM WAS FOUND WITHIN
               THE CARBONATE;
               FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE "LITHOLOGY SUMMARY" IN THE
               SITE 212 CHAPTER OF THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   519.00
Core:  39   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   516.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   517.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : PHANERITIC, INTERVAL (11-15) IS FINE-GRAINED,
               GREENISH BLACK (5GY2/1) CHLORITIZED BASALTIC GLASS
               AT 15-17CM;

  Structure  : VEINLETS OF CALCITE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT, CALCITE
               VEINS LOCATED BETWEEN 86-90CM AND 132-140CM;

  Alteration : SPILITIZED BASALT, LIGHT BROWN WEATHERED ZONES
               OCCUR;

  Comments   : BASALT IS MEDIUM DARK GREENISH GRAY 5GY5/1, CARB
               ROCK (SOFT) AT 77-82CM, CARB ROCK LIGHT BROWNISH
               GRAY (5YR5/1) IS AT 140-144CM;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):        3   Percent:   3-4
               NEAR THE TOP OF THE SECTION;

               Size(mm):            Percent:   2-3
               SMALL AMYGDULES COMPRISE ABOUT 2-3% OF THE BULK
               ROCK FURTHER DOWN THE SECTION;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               CHLORITE


Leg : 22    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Hekinian, R.
Hole: 212   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   520.50
Core:  39   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   516.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   519.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : PHANERITIC, AT 10CM GREENISH BLACK CHLORITIZED
               BASALTIC GLASS RIMMED BY PALE BLUISH GREEN (5BG6/2)
               CHLORITIZED MATERIAL, AT 110-120CM GREENISH BLACK
               CHLORITIZED BASALTIC GLASS RIMMED WITH A PALE BLUISH
               GREEN (6BG6/2) MATERIAL;

  Structure  : VEINLETS OF CALCITE;

  Alteration : SPILITIZED, PARTIALLY WEATHERED;

  Comments   : BASALT COLOR IS 5YR7/2, AT 40-45CM PINKISH PALE
               BROWN (5YR7/2) SOFT CARBONATE ROCK FIMMED WITH WHITE
               CALCITE AND GREENISH BLACK (5GY2/1) CHLORITIZED
               BASALTIC GLASS AND HEMATITIC (PURPLE) MATERIAL,
               AT (108-120) GREENISH BLACK CHLORITIZED BASALTIC
               GLASS RIMMED WITH A PALE BLUISH GREEN (5BG6/2)
               MATERIAL, AT 135-142CM PINKISH PALE BROWN (5YR7/2)
               SOFT CARBONATE ROCK RIMMED WITH PURPLE RED
               HEMATITIC MATERIAL;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               CHLORITE


    

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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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