Table T7. Clay mineral composition of samples with high mud matrix.
Core, section, interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
XRD identification:
major (minor) constituents
180-1108B-    
27R-5, 66-70 251.56 Sap, Qtz (Pl, Am, Srp, WM)
44R-1, 128-131 409.48 Sap (Chl)
180-1109C-    
12X-4, 115-118 108.05 Tlc (Sap, Chl, Bt, Am, Srp)
18X-1, 67-69 160.77 Tlc Sap, Srp, (WM, Chl)
22X-2, 73-76 200.03 Sap (Ca-Am, Chl, Srp, Tlc, Ill)
35X-5, 78-81 330.68 Ill (Sap, Srp, Tlc, Chl)
180-1109D-    
9R-5, 24-26 431.76 Sap (Ca-Am, Ill, Srp)
18R-4, 50-54 517.02 Sap (Srp, Ill)
36R-6, 51-54 684.41 Sap (Chl)
39R-2, 135-139 707.96 Sap
43R-2, 0-3 744.92 Sap
43R-3, 65-69 746.46 Sap
43R-3, 69-71 746.50 Sap (Pl, Na-Am)
180-1115C-    
9R-2, 80-83 361.89 Sap (Na-Am, Pl, WM)
12R-6, 59-61 396.49 Sap (Am, Ill)
29R-3, 10-13 554.39 Sap
34R-2, 124-126 602.52 Sap
42R-1, 26-28 677.36 Sap (Chl)
48R-3, 81-83 738.46 Sap (Chl)
53R-3, 118-120 787.22 Sap
180-1116A-    
5R-1, 18-20 33.98 Sap (Chl)
16R-3, 6-8 132.22 Sap (Srp, Pl, Chl)
180-1118A-    
33R-2, 66-70 514.03 Sap (Chl, Tlc, Chl)
41R-3, 130-132 593.22 Sap (Chl)
58R-5, 18-20 758.49 Sap (Chl, WM)

Notes: Am = amphibole, Bt = biotite, Ca-An = calcium amphibole, Chl = chlorite, Ill = illite, Na-Am = sodium amphibole, Pl = plagioclase, Qtz = quartz, Sap = saponite, Srp = serpentine, Tlc = talc, WM = white mica.