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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 700  Analyst:
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   443.20
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   442.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   442.50

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT (NANNO OOZE);

  Comments   : WHITE "BAKED" CHALK AT 70-72CM;


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/1500  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   444.00
Core:  21   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   442.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   443.20

LITHOLOGY: BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (71-82), 2 (84-87), 3 (87-92), 4 (95-97),
               5 (96-105), 6 (108-123), 7 (123-127), 8 (130-133),
               9 (134-150);

  Texture    : GLASSY AREAS PRESENT IN PCES 2-5;

  Structure  : CALCITE VEINS IN ALL PIECES--THIN IN PCES 4-7 &
               THICK IN PCES 8&9, FRACTURES IN PCES 4&5;

  Alteration : HIGHLY ALTERED;

  Comments   : COLOR IN PCE 1 VARIES FROM GRAYISH ORANGE (10YR 7/4)
               TO MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN (10YR 5/4) TO MEDIUM
               DARK GRAY (N4), PCES 2&3 ARE DARK GRAY (N3), PCES
               4-9 ARE MEDIUM DARK GRAY TO DARK GRAY;

  Groundmass : FELDSPAR
               FELDSPAR LATHS VISIBLE IN PCES 1&4-9;

  Replacement: CALCITE


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1270  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   453.27
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):   452.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY IN ENTIRE CORE;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-10), 2 (13-20), 3A (22-30), 3B (22-26),
               3C (26-30), 4A (32-42), 4B (30-45), 5 (42-50),
               6 (51-58), 7 (58-72), 8 (75-77), 9A (78-84),
               9B (78-83), 10 (85-94), 11 (95-109), 12 (110-127);

  Texture    : APHYRIC;

  Structure  : ABUNDANT FRACTURES AND CALCITE VEINS THROUGHOUT;

  Comments   : MEDIUM GRAY (N5) ON OUTER CORE, DARK GRAY ON INSIDE
               FRACTURED SURFACES;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               PRESENT ON FRACTURED SURFACES--SOMETIMES WITH
               GREENISH STAIN, IN VEINS;


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1300  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   454.80
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   453.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS SEC 1;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-5), 2 (6-8), 3 (6-19), 4 (20-30),
               5 (31-39), 6 (40-55), 7A (57-68), 7B (57-65),
               8 (67-72), 9A (73-80), 9B (72-79), 10 (83-98),
               11 (98-108), 12 (110-117), 13 (120-125),
               14 (124-128);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, PCE 14 IS BRECCIATED;

  Groundmass : GLASS
               PCES 1&9&10&13;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               PCES 1&10&13;


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   456.50
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   455.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS SEC 1;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-3), 2 (4-20), 3 (20-43), 4A (44-48),
               4B (44-48), 5 (49-53), 6 (60-67), 7A (69-100),
               7B (95-100), 8A (101-109), 8B (100-105),
               8C (106-108), 9 (110-120), 10 (120-145);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, BRECCIA IN PCE 1;

  Alteration : REDDISH OXIDATION STAINS PRESENT ALONG SOME
               FRACTURES;

  Groundmass : GLASS
               IN PCE 1;

  Replacement: CALCITE
               IN PCE 1;


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1350  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   457.85
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   456.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS SEC 1;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (3-5), 2 (7-19), 3 (20-27), 4 (29-32),
               5 (32-35), 6 (40-49), 7A (51-60), 7B (55-65),
               7C (60-66), 8A (68-78), 8B (67-73), 9A (83-105),
               9B (106-134);

  Texture    : APHYRIC;


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 355   Sample Midpoint (m)    :   459.50
Core:  22   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   452.00
Sect:  5    Top of Section Depth(m):   458.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           SAME LITHOLOGY AS SEC 1;

  Piece No.  : PCE 1 (2-14), 2 (15-23), 3 (24-30), 4 (31-49),
               5 (50-65), 6 (65-92), 7 (95-103), 8 (103-111),
               9 (115-127), 10 (127-133), 11 (137-141),
               12 (143-147);

  Texture    : APHYRIC;

  Structure  : DARK GREEN NON-CARBONATE VEINS AT 55 & 70CM;


    

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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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