Description |
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Material: | Rock |
Classification: | Sedimentary>Volcaniclastic |
Field Name: | boninite |
Description: | Fragments |
Age (min): | Not Provided |
Age (max): | Not Provided |
Collection Method: | Grab>ROV |
Collection Method Description: | Jason2 sed scoop grab |
Size: | 0.75 kg |
Geological Age: | Not Provided |
Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
Comment: | This sample includes abundant highly-vesicular spatter clasts as large as 7 cm. The finer portions of the sample are also mainly pyroclastic with spatter fragments broken crystals of opx and cpx rare limu o Pele and Peles hair and some altered or crystalline rock fragments. S spherules are present but rare. Two gastropod shells (about 2 mm long) are presentÑone was alive and the other dead when collected. Both are heavily stained with Fe as are some of the spatter clasts. The glass is gray colored. Used Ricks scoop sampler to get the sample. Not suspected to be zero age. Location 15 5.649 S 173 44.879 W. about 14m southeast of Shrimp City. |
Purpose: | Not Provided |
Geolocation |
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Latitude (WGS84): | -15.09414977 |
Longitude (WGS84): | -173.7479416 |
Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
Zone: | Not Provided |
Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
Elevation Start: | -1161 meters |
Elevation End: | -1161 meters |
Nav Type: | Not Provided |
Physiographic Feature: | seamount |
Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Lau Basin |
Location Description: | NE Lau Basin |
Locality: | W. Mata Volcano |
Locality Description: | summit |
Country: | Not Provided |
State/Province: | Not Provided |
County: | Not Provided |
City: | Not Provided |
Collection |
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Field Program/Cruise: | TN-234 |
Platform Type: | Ship |
Platform Name: | R/V TG Thompson |
Platform Description: | ROV Jason 2 from R/V TG Thompson |
Launch Type: | Not Provided |
Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
Launch ID: | Not Provided |
Collector/Chief Scientist: | Rubin/Clague/Embley |
Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
Collection Start Date: | 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z |
Collection End Date: | 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z |
Curation |
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Current Archive: | University of Hawaii (Hawaii) |
Current Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Original Archive: | MBARI |
Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | Siblings: | No Siblings |
Children: | No Children |