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Table T2. Sedimentary rock thin-section table used during Leg 180.

Thin-section number Core, section,
interval (cm)
 
Lithology (dominant/minor)
Size Minerals Rock fragments
Bioclasts
Comments
Depth (mbsf) Described by Granule Sand Silt Clay Minerals (%) Quartz Unstrained Feldspar Multiple twins Single/untwinned Mica Biotite Muscovite Carbonate Chlorite Accessory minerals Clinopyroxene Amphibole Olivine Opaques Rock Fragments (%) Plutonic Volcanic Rhyolitic/dacitic Vitric Andesitic/basaltic Dolerite Sedimentary Limestone Siltstone Metamorphic Mica/calc-schist Polycrystalline quartz Serpentinite Matrix (%) Bioclasts (%) Foraminifers Benthic Planktonic Shell debris Algae Echinoderms Bryozoa/corals Carbonaceous detritus Lithology type

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