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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1460/1500  Analyst: Siddiquie, H.N.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   330.50
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   326.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   330.46

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 18 (146-150);

  Comments   : FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE SITE CHAPTER
               "LITHOLOGY SUMMARY" IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Whitmarsh, R.B.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   332.00
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   326.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   330.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 17 (0-7), 16 (7-16), 15 (16-23), 14 (23-30),
               13 (30-40), 12 (40-45), 11C (45-56), 11B (56-60),
               11A (60-63), 10 (63-79), 9 (80-100), 8C (100-105),
               8B (104-107), 8A (107-120), 7 (120-124),
               6 (125-128), 5 (129-135), 4 (136-150);

  Comments   : IN PCE 16 CHIP OF BASALT WITH SEDIMENT STUCK TO IT
               AND SEDIMENT IN BETWEEN, PCES 14-16 WERE ORIGINALLY
               ONE PCE;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1000/1500  Analyst: Ali, S.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   333.50
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   326.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   333.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 3 (100-118), 2 (119-125), 1 (125-150);

  Structure  : PCES 1 AND 3 ARE FRACTURED;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1490  Analyst: Siddiquie, H.N.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   331.49
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   330.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   330.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (50-65), 2 (65-71), 3 (71-77),
               4 (79-91), 5 (91-136), 6 (136-149);


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1470  Analyst: Siddiquie, H.N.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   332.97
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   330.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   331.50

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (0-10), 2 (10-31), 3 (31-42), 4 (42-47),
               5 (47-55), 6 (56-58), 7 (58-61), 8 (61-66),
               9 (66-74), 10 (75-86), 11 (86-96), 12 (96-106),
               13 (106-131), 14 (133-137), 15 (140-147);

  Texture    : CHILLED MARGIN IN PCE 3;

  Comments   : PCE 4 IS TAN TO GRAY-GREEN NANNO/FORAM BEARING ROCK;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   333.10
Core:  19   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   330.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   333.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE-GRAINED;

  Alteration : ALTERED TO BADLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : GREENISH TO DARK BROWNISH GRAY BASALT;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/1500  Analyst: Whitmarsh, R.B.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   336.50
Core:  20   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   335.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   335.90

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 5 (90-97), 4 (97-100), 3 (100-118), 2 (118-137),
               1D (137-140), 1C (140-142), 1B (143-145),
               1A (145-150);

  Structure  : PCES 2+3 ARE FRACTURED, 2-3MM WIDE VEIN IN PCE 3;

  Comments   : PCES 3+4+5 WERE ORIGINALLY ONE PCE, PCES 1A-1D WERE
               ORIGINALLY 1 PCE;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   336.60
Core:  20   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   335.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   336.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Structure  : OXIDIZED ORE(?) VEINS PRESENT;

  Alteration : COMPLETELY ALTERED TO ALTERED DARK GRAY TO DARK
               GREENISH GRAY;


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  110/1490  Analyst: Ali, S.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   345.49
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   344.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   344.11

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (11-25), 2 (25-38), 3 (38-48), 4 (48-52),
               5 (52-58), 6 (58-78), 7 (78-95), 8 (95-108),
               9 (108-115), 10 (115-121), 11 (121-149);

  Texture    : IN PCE 8 QUICKLY CHILLED BORDERS (TACHYLYTE);

  Structure  : PCES 1+3+5-6+8+11 ARE FRACTURED, PCE 1 IS FRACTURED
               BASALT WITH OLIVINE CRUST, PCE 2 HAS CALCITE VEINS,
               PCE 3 HAS A 1CM THICK VEIN, PCES 6+8 HAS CALCITE
               VEINS, FEW VEINS IN PCE 11;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   10/1500  Analyst: Ali, S.
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   347.00
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   344.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   345.51

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (1-10), 2 (11-19), 3 (19-30), 4 (30-50),
               5 (51-54), 5A (55-59), 6 (60-64), 7 (64-81),
               8 (81-85), 9 (85-95), 10 (95-109), 11 (110-120),
               12 (120-130), 13 (130-138), 14 (139-148),
               15 (148-150);

  Texture    : PCES 2+5A+10 HAVE CHILLED BORDERS;

  Structure  : PCES 1-4+5A+9+10+12 ARE FRACTURED, PCE 3 HAS CALCITE
               VEINS, PCE 12 HAS DARK GRAY VEINS;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 23    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst:
Hole: 220   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   347.10
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   344.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   347.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE NO PCE NUMBERS ASSIGNED;

  Texture    : FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED;

  Alteration : SLIGHTLY ALTERED TO ALTERED;

  Comments   : BROWNISH GRAY TO DARK BROWNISH GRAY;


    

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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