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Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/ 450  Analyst: Schmincke, H.
Hole: 483C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   106.95
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   105.00
Sect:  2    Top of Section Depth(m):   106.50

LITHOLOGY: SEDIMENT;
           APHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (49-56), 2 (56-61), 3 (63-68), 4 (71-78),
               5 (80-87), 6 (90-100), 7A (101-108), 7B (107-113),
               8 (115-122), 9 (124-131), 10 (132-140),
               11 (142-150);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, GRADES FROM FINE-GRAINED AT TOP TO MEDIUM-
               GRAINED AT BOTTOM;

  Structure  : VEINLETS FILLED WITH CALCITE & SMEC IN PCES(4,10),
               MOST HAIRLINE CRACKS HAVE FINE SMEC COATING, MOD
               FRACTURED, MASSIVE;

  Alteration : FRESH
               RELATIVELY;

  Comments   : GREY, EDIMENT AT TOP 45CM;

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: CALCITE
               PCE 1 HAS TWO 1MM CALCITE FILLED VESICLES
               OTHERWISE NON-VESICULAR;

  Replacement: CALCITE

               SMECTITE


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Schmincke, H.
Hole: 483C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   109.50
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   105.00
Sect:  3    Top of Section Depth(m):   108.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (1-14), 2 (15-20), 3 (21-27), 4 (29-37),
               5A (40-46), 5B (42-47), 5C (46-53), 6 (45-60),
               7 (63-69), 8 (70-77), 9 (80-87), 10 (89-94),
               11A (96-98), 11B (99-103), 11C (104-107),
               12 (110-116), 13 (119-122), 14 (124-131),
               15 (132-139), 16A (140-147), 16B (144-150);

  Texture    : APHYRIC, MEDIUM-GRAINED;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, MOD FRACTURED WITH CARB & SMEC & VERY RARE
               PYRITE FILLINGS;

  Alteration : SLIGHTLY;

  Comments   : SAME COOLING UNIT AS ABOVE(4-2), GREY;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:    <1
               Location:            Filling: SMECTITE
               VESICLES VERY RARE AND UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               SMECTITE

               PYRITE


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1500  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 483C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   111.00
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   105.00
Sect:  4    Top of Section Depth(m):   109.50

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1 (1-10), 2 (11-26), 3A (28-32), 3B (32-56),
               4 (58-67), 5 (69-80), 6 (82-89), 7 (91-101),
               8A (103-107), 8B (109-116), 9 (199-128),
               10 (131-138), 11 (140-150);

  Texture    : MEDIUM-GRAINED, APHYRIC;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, FRACTURES FILLED WITH CARB & SMEC & PYRITE
               (TRACE);

  Alteration : FRESH
               MOD ALTERED NEAR FRACTURES;

  Comments   : SAME UNIT AS ABOVE(4-3);

  Vesicles   :
               Location:            Filling: SMECTITE
               VESICLES VERY RARE AND SMALL;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               SMECTITE

               PYRITE                    (   TR%)


Leg : 65    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/1200  Analyst: Zolotarev, B.
Hole: 483C  Sample Midpoint (m)    :   112.20
Core:   4   Top of Core Depth (m)  :   105.00
Sect:  5    Top of Section Depth(m):   111.00

LITHOLOGY: APHYRIC BASALT;
           MASSIVE;

  Piece No.  : PCES 1A (1-11), 1B (10-27), 2 (30-39), 3 (41-46),
               4A (47-53), 4B (53-58), 5 (60-65), 6 (69-78),
               7 (82-85), 8 (87-97), 9A (100-107), 9B (109-111),
               10 (114-120);

  Texture    : MEDIUM-GRAINED, APHYRIC;

  Structure  : MASSIVE, SLIGHTLY FRACTURED AND FILLED WITH CARB AND
               SMEC;

  Alteration : FRESH;

  Comments   : GREY, SAME UNIT AS 4-4;

  Vesicles   : Size(mm):            Percent:     0
               NONE OBVIOUS;

  Replacement: CARBONATE

               SMECTITE


    

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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