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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  160/ 200  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   172.18   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 3

ROCK = PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,INTERSERTAL GROUNDMASS*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):        1-4  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC,SLIGHTLY RESORBED,ROUNDED GLASS
             INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    5%)
             Size(mm):        0.1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.3  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL,LATHS,

             Morphology: NEEDLES,SKELETAL
             NEEDLES ARE RARE;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   20%)
             Morphology: ANHEDRAL,DENDRITIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    2%)
             Size(mm):  0.01-0.05  Morphology: SKELETAL,DUST
             TITANOMAGNETITE DUST + SMALL SKELETAL XTLS;

             GLASS                     (   28%)
             PARTIALLY PALAGONITIZED*

Alteration - PALAGONITE                (   <1%)
             Replacing: GLASS

             CLAY MINERALS
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):   TO 0.1
             Percent:    <1
             Filling: CLAY.MIN
             PARTIALLY FILLED*




Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/ 490  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   172.47   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 8

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: APHYRIC,INTERSERTAL*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.5  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL,ROUNDED

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   <1%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.4  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL,ROUNDED
             ROUNDED AND RESORBED GLOMEROCRYSTS,CONTAINING
             GLASS BLEBS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    5%)
             Size(mm):    TO 0.05  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL,LATHS,

             Morphology: NEEDLES,SKELETAL
             RARELY SKELETAL;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.3  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,DENDRITIC,ELONGATE

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Morphology: DUST
             TITANOMAGNETITE DUST;

             GLASS                     (   20%)
             SLIGHTLY PALAGONITIZED;

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)
             CHROME SPINEL*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   <1%)
             Location: VESICLES
             PARTIALLY FILLING VESICLES;

             PALAGONITE                (   <1%)
             Replacing: GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  TO 0.05
             Percent:    <1
             Filling: CLAY.MIN




Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  630/ 660  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   172.64   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 10

ROCK = PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,INTERSERTAL GROUNDMASS;
       Where sampled: PILLOW INTERIOR
       PROBABLY PILLOW INTERIOR*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   TR%)
             Size(mm):     TO 1.5  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC AGGREGATES OF PLAG + OL;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    3%)
             Size(mm):       TO 2  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC AGGREGATES OF PLAG + OL;

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)
             Size(mm):    TO 0.05  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             INCLUSIONS IN PLAG PHENOS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (   10%)
             Size(mm):   0.02-0.1  Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL
             OFTEN CENTER OF RADIATED PLAG LATHS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   30%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.2  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL,LATHS,

             Morphology: ACICULAR,SKELETAL
             RARELY SKELETAL;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.2  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,DENDRITIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Morphology: DUST,SKELETAL
             TITANOMAGNETITE DUST,RARELY SKELETAL;

             GLASS                     (   14%)
             PARTIALLY PALAGONITIZED*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   TR%)
             Location: VESICLES       Replacing: OL
             INCLUDES IDDINGS,OL PARTIALLY ALTERED;

             PALAGONITE                (    2%)
             Replacing: GLASS
             GLASS PARTIALLY ALTERED*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):   TO 0.2
             Percent:     1
             Filling: CLAY.MIN
             PARTIALLY FILLED*




Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  810/ 860  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   172.84   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 12

ROCK = PLAG SPARSELY PHYRIC BASALT
       THIN SECTION IS THICK;
       Texture: SPARSELY PORPHYRITIC,INTERSERTAL GROUNDMASS*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    1%)
             Size(mm):     TO 1.0  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC CLUSTERS,GLASS INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    3%)
             Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   25%)
             Morphology: SUBHEDRAL-EUHEDRAL,NEEDLES,

             Morphology: LATHS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   25%)
             Morphology: ANHEDRAL
             VERY FINE-GRAINED;

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Morphology: DUST

             GLASS                     (   36%)

Alteration - COMBINATION               (    5%)
             Replacing: GLASS
             INCLUDES CLAY.MIN + PALAG*

Vesicles   -
             Percent:    TR




Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  680/ 700  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   174.19   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 6

ROCK = PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,INTERSERTAL GROUNDMASS*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             Size(mm):     TO 1.5  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROCRYST AGGREGATES OF PLAG + OL,GLOMEROCRYSTS
             ROUNDED WITH GLASS INCLUSIONS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    3%)
             Size(mm):       TO 3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROCRYST AGGREGATES OF PLAG + OL,GLOMEROCRYSTS
             ROUNDED WITH GLASS INCLUSIONS;

             SPINEL                    (   TR%)
             Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             CHROME SPINEL,INCLUSIONS WITHIN PLAG PHENOS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    8%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   35%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL,LATHS,

             Morphology: NEEDLES,SKELETAL
             RARELY SKELETAL;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.2  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,DENDRITIC,SKELETAL
             OCCASIONALLY SKELETAL;

             MAGNETITE                 (    7%)
             Morphology: DUST

             GLASS                     (   15%)
             PARTIALLY PALAGONITIZED*

Alteration - PALAGONITE                (   TR%)
             Replacing: GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm): 0.02-0.1
             Percent:     2
             Filling: EMPTY
             GENERALLY VOID*




Leg : 66    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  810/ 840  Describer: Lundberg, N.
Hole: 487   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   172.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  20   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   174.33   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 8

ROCK = PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,INTERSERTAL GROUNDMASS*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (   <1%)
             Size(mm):       TO 1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC CLUMPS OF PLAG + OL,ROUNDED,
             PLAG CONTAINS GLASS INCLUSIONS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE                   (    8%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (   30%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.3  Morphology: EUHEDRAL-SUBHEDRAL,LATHS,

             Morphology: NEEDLES,SKELETAL
             RARELY SKELETAL;

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   35%)
             Size(mm):     TO 0.2  Morphology: ANHEDRAL,DENDRITIC

             MAGNETITE                 (    5%)
             Morphology: DUST

             GLASS                     (   17%)
             PARTIALLY PALAGONITIZED*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   TR%)
             Location: VESICLES

             PALAGONITE                (   TR%)
             Replacing: GLASS

Vesicles   -
             Percent:     2
             Filling: CLAY.MINS
             PARTIALLY FILLED*




    

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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