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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/ 300  Analyst: Margolis, S.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   427.30
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   424.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   427.07

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (SILICEOUS NANNO CHALK);


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1160  Analyst: Margolis, S.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   428.16
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   424.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   427.60

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (SILICEOUS NANNO CHALK);


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1160/1500  Analyst: Margolis, S.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   428.50
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   424.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   428.16

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC, CHILLED MARGINS;

  Structure  : VEINS;

  Alteration : NO OBVIOUS ALTERATION OF CHALK;

  Comments   : CONTACT AT 115 CM, SEE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL
               INFORMATION;

  Vesicles   : VESICULAR AND HAS AMYGDULES;


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0  Analyst: Margolis, S.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   428.60
Core:  34   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   424.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   428.60

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ovenshine, A.T.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   430.50
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   429.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   429.00

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC, PALAGONITE RINDS, MICRITE SELVAGES;

  Alteration : FRESH

  Comments   : BASALT IS OLIVE BLACK (5 Y 2/1), GLASS IS BLACK,
               PALAGONITE RINDS ARE DARK YELLOWISH ORANGE
               (10 YR 6/6), MICRITE SELVAGES ARE LIGHT GREY
               (10 YR 7/2), CORE IS IN ABOUT 20 SEGMENTS WITH THE
               LONGEST BEING 19 CM + THERE HAS BEEN ABRASION OF
               MATERIAL LOST BETWEEN SEGMENTS, FOR ADDITIONAL
               INFORMATION SEE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):      0.5   Percent:
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               WHITE RARE CALCITE FILLED AMYGDULES AVERAGE
               0.5 MM;

  Groundmass : GLASS

  Replacement: PALAGONITE
               PALAGONITE RINDS;

               CALCITE
               IN AMYGDULES;


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ovenshine, A.T.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   432.00
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   429.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   430.50

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC, FROM 43-72 CM A MICRITE SELVAGE UP TO
               2 CM THICK WITH GLASS + PALAGONITE ON EACH SIDE,
               FROM 86-93 CM CORE THROUGH PILLOW IS RIM OF GLASS
               AND PALAGONITE, SOME MICRITE PRESERVED IN
               INTERPILLOW AREAS;

  Structure  : AT 30 CM A WIDE MICRITE VEIN (3 CM);

  Comments   : 12 SEGMENTS COMPRISE THE CORE, FOR ADDITIONAL
               INFORMATION SEE THE CORE FORM AND LITHOLOGIC
               DESCRIPTION IN THE INITIAL REPORTS;

  Replacement: PALAGONITE


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Ovenshine, A.T.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   433.50
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   429.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   432.00

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC, FROM 0-32 CM SEGMENTS ARE GREATLY
               ROUNDED, GLASS RIM IN INTERVAL (67-69 CM) IS 0.8 CM
               THICK, FROM 142-150 CM MICRITE SELVAGE LACKING GLASS
               RIM (1 CM WIDE);

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE, LIMONITE
               BETWEEN 33-36 CM HAS A ZONE 1 CM THICK OF
               IRREGULARLY SHAPED VESICLES FILLED WITH CALCITE
               AND LIMONITE;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               LIMONITE
               IN VESICLES;


Leg : 29    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 650  Analyst: Ovenshine, A.T.
Hole: 278   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   434.15
Core:  35   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   429.00
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):   433.60

LITHOLOGY: PLAG PHYRIC BASALT;

  Texture    : PORPHYRITIC;

  Alteration : CEMENTATION UNKNOWN - ROCK HAS BEEN LESS WEATHERED
               AND IS ALTERED IN APPEARANCE;

  Comments   : CORE CATCHER HAS 9 PIECES OF BASALT TOTALING 65 CM
               AND INCLUDING THREE 5 CM FRAGMENTS, CEMENTATION
               UNKNOWN AND ROCK HAS BEEN LESS WEATHERED + HAS
               ALTERED APPEARANCE, NO GLASS ON ANY OF THESE PIECES;

  Groundmass : GLASS                     (    0%)
               NO GLASS ON ANY OF THESE PIECES;


    

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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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