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Table T3. Results of X-ray diffraction analysis of bulk fine-grained sediments, Site 1109 thin sections. 
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Description XRD identification: major (minor) minerals

180-1109C-





1H-1, 131-132

Silty clay

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

1H-4, 64.5-67

Calcareous silt

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

2H-4, 129-130

Calcareous clay

Calcite (aragonite)

3H-2, 87-88

Calcareous clay

Calcite (Mg-Calcite?)

4H-2, 105-106

Calcareous silty clay

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

5H-6, 58-59

Clay

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

6H-7, 5.5-6.6

Clayey silt

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

7H-5, 89-90

Clayey silt

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

10H-2, 42-43

Very fine sand to silt

Plagioclase, quartz, C/S? (chlorite, augite, amphibole, pyrite?)

11H-2, 104-105

Silty sand

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase, augite, C/S? (chlorite, amphibole)

12X-7, 25-26

Clay

C/S?, chlorite, quartz, plagioclase, calcite, augite (illite, amphibole)

13X-6, 117-118

Clay

C/S?, calcite, quartz, plagioclase, augite, chlorite (illite, amphibole)

14X-6, 142-143

Silty clay

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase, C/S? (chlorite, augite, amphibole, illite)

15X-6, 58-59

Clayey silt

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase, C/S? (chlorite, augite, amphibole, illite)

16X-3, 77-78

Sandy silt

Quartz, calcite, plagioclase, C/S? (chlorite, illite, augite, amphibole)

18X-4, 88-89

Sandy silt

C/S?, calcite, plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar, augite (illite, amphibole)

19X-1, 120.5-121.5

Silty clay

Quartz, plagioclase, calcite, C/S? (illite, augite, amphibole)

20X-4, 88-89

Sandy silty clay

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (C/S?, chlorite, augite, amphibole)

21X-CC-25-26

Clayey silt

Plagioclase, quartz, calcite (augite, C/S?, chlorite)

22X-1, 29.5-31

Fine sand

Plagioclase, calcite, quartz, C/S? (amphibole, augite, chlorite, illite)

23X-3, 32-33

Clayey silt

Calcite (plagioclase, quartz, C/S?, chlorite, amphibole, augite)

24X-CC, 11-12

Sand

Plagioclase, quartz, augite (amphibole, C/S?)

26X-3, 25-26

Clayey silt

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (augite, C/S?, chlorite, sudoite?, amphibole)

27X-5, 115-116

Silty clay

Calcite (plagioclase, quartz, illite)

28X-4, 34-35

Clayey silt

Calcite, plagioclase (quartz, illite)

29X-3, 5-6

Sandy silt

Calcite (plagioclase, quartz)

29X-3, 39-40

Silty sand

Calcite, plagioclase (quartz)

30X-2, 33-34

Silty clay

Calcite, plagioclase (quartz, augite)

31X-3, 17-18

Sandy silt

Plagioclase, calcite, quartz, augite (chlorite, illite, amphibole)

32X-3, 107-108

Sandy silty clay

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase (chlorite, augite)

33X-6, 115-116

Sandy silty clay

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (augite, chlorite, illite, I/V?, I/S?)

34X-2, 87-88

Clayey silt

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, augite, smectite?)

35X-6, 64.5-65

Silty clay

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase)

37X-2, 43.5-44.5

Calcareous clay

Calcite (quartz, plagioclase, smectite?))

38X-3, 53-54

Clayey silt

Calcite, plagioclase (quartz, illite, amphibole, chlorite, smectite?)

39X-6, 78-79

Silty clay

Plagioclase, cristobalite, calcite, amphibole (quartz, illite)

40X-4, 45.5-47

Silty clay

Calcite, K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole, augite)

41X-2, 32-33

Sandy silty clay

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (smectite?, illite, amphibole)







180-1109D-





2R-3, 39.5-42.5

Silty sandy claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, chlorite, smectite?)

3R-6, 83-85

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole, smectite?)

4R-4, 69-71

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (chlorite, smectite?, illite, amphibole)

5R-1, 60-61

Sandy silty claystone

Calcite, K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz (chlorite, smectite?, illite)

6R-1, 39.5-41.5

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (chlorite, smectite?, illite, amphibole)

7R-3, 15-17

Calcareous claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite)

9R-3, 100-101

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite)

10R-1, 22.5-26

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite)

11R-3, 58-59

Silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

12R-7, 10-11

Silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

13R-3, 13.5-15.5

Siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

14R-2, 20-22

Silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

15R-1, 81-82

Silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

16R-1, 83-84

Silty sandstone

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase, aragonite, illite, amphibole (chlorite)

17R-3, 74-76.5

Siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz, amphibole, illite

18R-2, 12-14

Calcareous silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz, illite (amphibole)

19R-2, 19-21

Calcareous clayey siltstone

Calcite, quartz (plagioclase, illite)

20R-4, 36-37

Calcareous silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, augite)

21R-4, 66-68

Calcareous silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

22R-1, 62-63

Claystone

Plagioclase, illite (mica)

22R-3, 59-60.5

Calcareous sandy siltstone

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase (illite, chlorite, amphibole)

23R-2, 33-34

Calcareous silty claystone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (illite)

24R-3, 70-71

Sandy siltstone

Plagioclase, calcite, quartz (illite)

25R-4, 78.5-79.5

Calcareous sandstone

Calcite, hornblende, quartz, plagioclase (illite)

26R-2, 36-38

Calcareous silty sandstone

Calcite, quartz, plagioclase (illite)

27R-1, 58-59

Packstone-grainstone

Calcite, aragonite, plagioclase (quartz, illite)

28R-1, 84-87

Packstone-grainstone

Calcite, plagioclase (quartz, amphibole, illite)

29R-1, 47-49

Packstone-grainstone

Plagioclase, calcite, quartz (illite, amphibole)

30R-1, 47-49

Packstone

Plagioclase, calcite, mica/illite, amphibole

31R-1, 77-79

Packstone-grainstone

Plagioclase, calcite, amphibole, quartz, illite

32R-2, 62-63

Packstone

Calcite (plagioclase)

35R-2, 103-103.5

Silty clay

Calcite, pyroxene, plagioclase, quartz (chlorite, illite)

35R-8, 55.5-57.5

Clayey siltstone

Calcite, plagioclase, quartz (pyroxene, amphibole, illite)

36R-6, 34-35

Calcareous clayey siltstone

Pyroxene, calcite, plagioclase (smectite?, illite)

37R-2, 97-98

Sandy siltstone

Plagioclase, quartz (illite, amphibole)

38R-6, 17-17.5

Sandstone

Mg-calcite, plagioclase, quartz

39R-3, 22-24

Volcaniclastic sand

Pyroxene, plagioclase, K-feldspar

40R-1, 57-58

Silty clay, rich in limonite

Goethite, plagioclase (smectite?)

41R-3, 69-71

Clayey siltstone

Plagioclase (albite), smectite

42R-2, 90-91

Clayey siltstone

Plagioclase (quartz, smectite?)

43R-1, 62-63

Silty claystone (highly altered)

Smectite (various types)

43R-2, 66-68

Clayey siltstone (highly altered)

Smectite (various types)

Note: C/S = chlorite-smectite mixed layer; I/V = illite-vermiculite; I/S = illite-smectite mixed layer.

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