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Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/  50  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   444.55
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   444.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   444.50

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (NANNO CHALK);

  Comments   : CONTACT AT 5 CM, ACTUAL CONTACT OF CHALK AND BASALT
               NOT PRESERVED - BUT CHALK NOW IMMEDIATELY ABOVE
               THE BASALT SHOWS APPARENT EVIDENCE OF CONTACT
               METAMORPHISM, WHITE TO VERY LIGHT GREY (N9 -N8);


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   446.00
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   444.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   444.55

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (5-16), 2 (17-26), 3 (26-31), 4 (31-36),
               5 (36-41), 6 (42-45), 7 (46-49), 10 (61-64),
               12 (69-73), 13 (73-76), 14 (76-85), 15 (84-92),
               16 (92-96), 17 (96-99), 18 (99-102), 19 (102-106),
               20 (106-109), 21 (109-116), 22 (119-124),
               23 (124-128), 24 (129-132), 25 (138-142),
               26 (142-146), 27 (146-150);

  Texture    : NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS OF BASALT AND ONE OF A BASALTIC
               VOLCANIC CONGLOMERATE, PCES 1-5 AND PCES 6 + 7 + 10
               + 15 ARE DENSE BASALT, PCE 12 AND PCES 16-17 ARE
               MOTTLED BASALT, PCE 18 - 27 ARE DENSE BASALT,
               SEE CODE V (VESICLES) FOR PIECE BY PIECE
               DESCRIPTIONS;

  Comments   : CONTACT AT 5 CM, NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS OF BASALT AND
               ONE OF A BASALTIC VOLCANIC CONGLOMERATE, SEE CORE
               FORM AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   : PCES 1-5 ARE DENSE BASALT WITH VERY FEW VESICLES,
               PCES 6-7 AND PCE 10 ARE DENSE VESICULAR BASALT,
               PCE 12 IS MOTTLED POORLY VESICULAR BASALT,
               PCES 13-14 ARE AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT, PCES 16-17
               ARE MOTTLED VESICULAR BASALT, PCES 18-19 ARE
               FINELY AMYGDALOIDAL DENSE BASALT, PCES 20-21
               ARE DENSE NON-VESICULAR BASALT, PCES 22-27
               ARE DENSE VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  480/ 690  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   445.19
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   444.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   444.98

LITHOLOGY: BRECCIA;

  Piece No.  : PCES 8 (48-58), 9 (58-61), 11 (64-68);

  Structure  : PCE 8 IS POSSIBLY AN INTERFLOW UNIT;

  Comments   : PCE 8 IS A BASALTIC CONGLOMERATE OR BRECCIA, PCE 9
               IS A GLASS BRECCIA WITH A POSSIBLE ARGILLACEOUS
               MATRIX, PCE 11 IS A BASALTIC BRECCIA, SEE CORE FORM
               AND LITHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS
               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   446.10
Core:  17   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   444.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   446.10

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : HOLOCRYSTALLINE, AMYGDALOIDAL, PYROXENE BASALT WITH
               INTERGRANULAR TEXTURE, PLAG - NORMALLY ZONED;

  Comments   : PARTLY WEATHERED, SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR MORE
               INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               VESICULAR AND AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT;

  Phenocrysts: PYROXENE
               PYROXENE BASALT WITH INTERGRANULAR TEXTURE;

               PLAGIOCLASE
               PLAG - NORMALLY ZONED;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   454.00
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   453.40

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (90-96), 2 (96-106), 3 (106-114),
               4 (114-119), 5 (119-129), 6 (129-137),
               7 (138-141), 8 (142-144), 9 (145-150);

  Comments   : PCES 1-2 HAVE MOTTLED APPEARANCE;

  Vesicles   : INTERVAL (90-150 CM) BASALT IS VESICULAR TO
               AMYGDALOIDAL, PCES 1-2 ARE VESICULAR - PARTLY
               AMYGDALOIDAL WITH MOTTLED APPEARANCE, PCES 3-4
               ARE SAME AS ABOVE BUT VESICLE FREE, PCES 5-9
               ARE VESICULAR TO AMYGDALOIDAL;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   455.50
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.50
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   454.00

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (0-9), 2 (9-12), 3 (12-20), 4 (20-23),
               5 (24-26), 6 (26-30), 7 (30-34), 8 (34-37),
               9 (38-42), 10 (43-55), 11 (55-61), 12 (62-69),
               13 (69-72), 14 (73-76), 15 (76-81), 16 (81-86),
               17 (86-96), 18 (97-106), 19 (105-116),
               20 (116-130), 21 (130-133), 22 (133-136),
               23 (136-141), 24 (142-146), 25 (147-150);

  Texture    : TEXTURE THROUGHOUT SEEMS FAIRLY EVEN GRAINED
               PROBABLY HOLOCRYSTALLINE AND APHYRIC,
               DENSE;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):      1-5   Percent:
               PARTLY VESICULAR + AMYGDALOIDAL AND DENSE,
               AMYGDULES GENERALLY ARE 1-5 MM RANGING UP TO
               ABOUT 1 CM;


Leg : 28    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Ford, A.
Hole: 265   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   455.60
Core:  18   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   455.60

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Texture    : DENSE, APHYRIC;

  Comments   : SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC REPORT IN THE INITIAL
               REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   : SLIGHTLY VESICULAR TO AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT;


    

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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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