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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/  80  Analyst: Humphris, S.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    38.28
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    32.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):    38.30

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/ 240  Analyst: Humphris, S.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    38.44
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    32.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):    38.28

LITHOLOGY: PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (10-16), 2 (18-23);

  Texture    : PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED,GLASSY RIM ALONG
               ONE EDGE OF PCE 2,GLASSY PCE 2 WITH EXTERIOR SURFACE
               NON-GLASSY;

  Structure  : FRACTURES IN BOTH PCES INCIPIENT WEATHERING IN PCE
               1;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCE 2;
               MOD
               PCE 1,WEATHERING RIM ON PCE 1 & IS 1CM WIDE;

  Comments   : JOINT EXTERIOR SURFACES COATED WITH GREEN CLAY.MINS
               PCE 1,IRREGULARLY COATED SURFACE OF PCE 2 WITH PALE
               GREEN CLAY.MIN,POSSIBLE FLOW BOUNDARY;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:  RARE
               Location:            Filling: FE.OXIDE
               Shape   : PINHOLE
               SEVEN ALIGNED VESICLES IN PCE 2 & RARE PINHOLE
               VESICLES IN BOTH PCES & VESICLES ARE EMPTY IN
               PCE 2;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               IN VESICLES;

               CLAY MINERALS
               GREEN CLAY.MINS ON EXTERIOR SURFACES;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/ 450  Analyst: Humphris, S.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    38.65
Core:   5   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    32.50
Sect: CC    Top of Section Depth(m):    38.44

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 3 (26-30), 4 (32-43);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED,GLASSY SEGREGATION NEAR EDGE,
               COARSER-GRAINED PCE 4;

  Structure  : FRACTURING OCCURS NEAR ONE VESICULAR MARGIN IN PCE
               4 WITH INFILLING XTLS,SPHERUL BETWEEN 40-42CM;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCE 3;
               MOD
               PCE 4,WEATHERING RIM ABOUT 1CM;

  Comments   : OXIDE COATING ON EXTERIOR SURFACE;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling:
               Shape   : ROUNDED,TUBE
               ROUNDED & TUBULAR EMPTY VESICLES;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE

               CLINOPYROXENE
               A FEW PERCENT PLAG & CPX MICROLITES IN SPHERUL
               GNDMASS BETWEEN 40-42CM;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               COATING XTLS OF MICROLITES IN PCE 4 & ALSO ON
               EXTERIOR OF PCE 3;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 350  Analyst: Humphris, S.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    42.35
Core:   6   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    42.00
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    42.00

LITHOLOGY: PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-9), 2 (11-14), 3 (16-19), 4 (21-25),
               5 (27-34);

  Texture    : SPARSELY PHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED GLASSY TO SPHERUL,SMALL
               AMOUNT OF GLASSY MARGIN ON PCES 2-5;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 2-3;
               MOD
               PCES 1+4-5,WEATHERING RIM 1CM WIDE ON PCES 1+4;

  Comments   : BLUE-GREEN CLAY.MINS & FE.OXIDES ON EXTERIOR SURFACE
               OF PCE 1,FLOW BANDING SHOWS IN PCE 5 AS ALTERNATE
               LAYERS OF APHYRIC BASALT & PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CLAY,UNIDENT
               OCCASIONAL VESICLES MOST EMPTY BUT SOME LINED WITH
               GREEN CLAY.MINS(PCE 3) OR FILLED WITH A WHITE XTLN
               MINERAL;

  Phenocrysts: OLIVINE
               ONE OL PHENO FOUND IN PCE 5;

               PLAGIOCLASE
               PHENOS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCENTRATED IN A HIGHLY
               VESICULAR ZONE IN PCE 1,PHENOS BECOMING MORE RARE
               IN PCE 4 & PCE 5 IS ACTUALLY LAYERED BASALT OF
               APHYRIC TO PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               ON EXTERIOR SURFACE OF PCE 1;

               CLAY MINERALS
               GREEN CLAY.MINS IN VESICLES & ON EXTERIOR OF PCE
               1;

               UNIDENTIFIED
               WHITE XTLN UNIDENT.MINS FOUND IN SOME VESICLES;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 500  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    47.00
Core:   7   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    46.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    46.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (2-9), 2 (11-18), 3 (21-25), 4 (27-33),
               5 (33-37), 6 (38-45), 7 (45-50);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,GLASSY TO SPHERUL,GLASSY SELVAGES IN PCES
               2-5+7;

  Structure  : FRACTURE SURFACE WITH FE.OXIDE COLORATION ON PCE 6;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 3+5;
               MOD
               PCES 1-2+4+6-7,WEATHERING RIND 1CM THICK ON PCES
               1-2+4-5+7;

  Comments   : FE.OXIDE ON OUTER SURFACE OF PCE 6;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:  RARE
               Location:            Filling: CLAY.MIN,FE.OXIDE
               Shape   : PINHOLE
               RARE PINHOLE VESICLES WITH CLAY.MINS & FE.OXIDES
               FILLING THOSE THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE ALTERATION
               RINDS;

  Phenocrysts: PLAGIOCLASE               ( RARE%)
               RARE PLAG PHENO IN PCE 1;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               ON EXTERIOR OF PCE 6 & IN VESICLES;

               CLAY MINERALS
               IN VESICLES;


Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 570  Analyst: Fodor, R.
Hole: 423   Sample Midpoint (m)    :    52.07
Core:   8   Top of Core Depth (m)  :    51.50
Sect:  1    Top of Section Depth(m):    51.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (3-9), 2 (12-18), 3 (20-24), 4 (23-30),
               5 (34-37), 6 (41-48), 7 (52-56);

  Texture    : APHYRIC,FINE-GRAINED TO GLASSY,GLASS RIND ON PCES
               1+2;

  Alteration : FRESH
               PCES 2-5;
               MOD
               PCES 1+6-7,WEATHERING RINDS 1CM THICK STAINED WITH
               FE.OXIDE ON PCES 1+6-7;

  Comments   : UNCUT TINY PEBBLES PCES 3-5;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling:
               Shape   : PINHOLE
               PINHOLE VESICLES IN MOST PCES;

  Replacement: FERROUS OXIDE
               STAINING IN RINDS;


    

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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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