Table T1. Measurements of radiogenic heat production on samples of acoustic basement, Sites 1067 and 1068.
Core,
section, interval (cm) |
Piece | U (ppm) |
Th (ppm) |
K (%) |
Heat output (µW/m3) |
Lithology from shipboard core description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
173-1067A- | ||||||
14R-1, 49-53 | 6A | 0.360 | 0.980 | 0.458 | 0.1979 | Foliated amphibolite; 1%-5% veins |
14R-1, 84-86 | 7 | 0.977 | 7.198 | 0.216 | 0.7769 | Tonalite gneiss; 1% veins |
15R-1, 24-26 | 5 | 0.801 | 12.675 | 0.542 | 1.1404 | Foliated amphibolite; 1%-5% veins |
15R-1, 62-65 | 11 | 0.620 | 9.879 | 0.318 | 0.8797 | Tonalite gneiss; 1% veins |
16R-1, 14-19 | 4 | 1.590 | 4.719 | 0.050 | 0.7501 | Tonalite gneiss; 1% veins |
16R-2, 33-36 | 1C | 0.364 | 1.070 | 0.450 | 0.2046 | Foliated amphibolite; 5% veins |
19R-3, 64-68 | 7 | 0.258 | 0.916 | 0.435 | 0.1650 | Amphibolite 65%-anorthosite 25% breccia; 20% veins |
20R-1, 54-57 | 4 | 0.160 | 1.030 | 0.268 | 0.1346 | Amphibolite 75%-anorthosite 15% breccia; 10% veins |
22R-2, 114-117 | 6 | 0.565 | 8.890 | 0.072 | 0.7771 | Weakly foliated amphibolite 60%-100%, felspathic material 5%-20% |
23R-2, 55-57 | 1B | 0.355 | 1.613 | 0.267 | 0.2264 | Amphibolite (metagabbro) 85%, anorthosite 10%; 3% veins |
23R-4, 18-20 | 1 | 0.349 | 1.868 | 0.376 | 0.2511 | Amphibolite (metagabbro) 85%, anorthosite 10%; 4% veins |
23R-5, 27-30 | 3 | 0.266 | 0.265 | 0.493 | 0.1258 | Amphibolite (metagabbro) 85%, anorthosite 10% |
21R-2, 12-15 | 1 | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.012 | 0.0109 | Serpentinized peridotite; changed color |
173-1068A- | ||||||
23R-2, 7-10 | 1 | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.007 | 0.0105 | Serpentinized peridotite; 2% veins |
24R-2, 58-62 | 4A | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.028 | 0.0121 | Serpentinized peridotite; 1% veins |
26R-1, 72-77 | 3G | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.001 | 0.0100 | Serpentinized peridotite; 5%-8% veins; sampled large vein |
26R-1, 112-115 | 4B | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.007 | 0.0105 | Serpentinized peridotite; 5%-8% veins |
29R-3, 60-63 | 1C | 0.030 | 0.030 | 0.013 | 0.0109 | Serpentinized peridotite; 1%-5% veins |