Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic |
Field Name: | basalt |
Description: | Sampling locale: seamount ~18 km north of segment H ridge axis. Sample Type: Pahoehoe lavas_Aphyric basalt. Mineralogy: aphyric (rare olivine and plagioclase microphenos?). Weathering: Light. Glass condition: >50% fresh glass. 2 buckets.Sampled for probe. Subsampled by DG. All other glass to KJ. Several large pieces with well - preserved flow features in glass, and numerous smaller ones, are included as unnumbered samples, wrapped in bubble wrap. DG has two hand size unnumbered pieces.Fresh, glassy pahoehoe lava pieces with glassy margins ~ 1 cm thick and outer Mn oxide coating. Type 1 of this dredge. |
Age (min): | Not Provided |
Age (max): | Not Provided |
Collection Method: | Dredging>ChainBagDredge |
Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
Size: | Not Provided |
Geological Age: | Not Provided |
Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
Comment: | Not Provided |
Purpose: | Geological studies |
Geolocation |
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Latitude Start (WGS84): | -32.763 |
Latitude End: | Not Provided |
Longitude Start (WGS84): | 77.887 |
Longitude End: | Not Provided |
Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Zone: | Not Provided |
Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
Elevation Start: | -2090 meters |
Elevation End: | Not Provided |
Nav Type: | Not Provided |
Physiographic Feature: | S Indian Ocean |
Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Southeast Indian Ridge |
Location Description: | Not Provided |
Locality: | Not Provided |
Locality Description: | Not Provided |
Country: | Not Provided |
State/Province: | Not Provided |
County: | Not Provided |
City: | Not Provided |
Collection |
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Field Program/Cruise: | BMRG06MV |
Platform Type: | Not Provided |
Platform Name: | Melville |
Platform Description: | Not Provided |
Launch Type: | Not Provided |
Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Launch ID: | Not Provided |
Collector/Chief Scientist: | Kevin Johnson |
Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
Collection Start Date: | 1996-04-03 |
Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
Curation |
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Current Archive: | SOEST |
Current Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Original Archive: | Not Provided |
Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | Siblings: | No Siblings |
Children: | |
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