Figure F3. This figure illustrates core curation procedures for hard rocks. Letters designating pieces as removed from core barrel are for illustrative purposes only. Pieces A, B, C, D, E, and F become interval XXX-YYYZ-1R-01, Piece 1 to Piece 6 (where XXX is the leg, YYY is the site, and Z is the hole designator, respectively). Since pieces G and H can be reoriented to fit along a fracture, they are curated as a single piece. In this case, the reassembled single piece is too long to fit in the bottom of Section 1R-01, so it is shunted to the top of Section 1R-02 and curated as interval XXX-YYYZ-1R-02, (Pieces 1A and 1B). Similarly, pieces L and M are too long to fit in the bottom of Section 1R-02 after realignment and are shunted to the top of Section 1R-03. Spacers between pieces also artificially add length to the core when measured for archiving and curation. For example, pieces L and M represent an interval from 2.17 to 2.63 m down from the top of the core as removed from the core barrel but are archived as interval XXX-YYYZ-1R-03 (Pieces 1A and 1B, 0.0-46.0 cm).