Table T5. Summary of thin sections at Site 1139.
 
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Lithologic
unit
Lithology Mineral
components
Lithic
components
Bioclastic components Matrix and
cement
Texture
183-1139A-






41R-1, 40-43 cm
IV
Sandypackstone Altered basaltic glass, vesicular glass Altered volcanic rocks, unidentified brown grains, polycrystalline quartz Benthic foraminifers, planktonic foraminifers, echinoderms, shell fragments, ostracodes Microsparite, drusy calcite, fibrous calcite (rare), silicification
Poorly sorted packstone
41R-2, 50-54 cm
V
Sandy grainstone Alkali feldspar Basalt(?), opaque grains Bryozoans, bivalves, echinoderms, benthic foraminifers Dog-tooth calcite, cement, blocky calcite, syntaxial overgrowth on echinoderms Well sorted, no matrix
42R-1, 67-70 cm
V
Sandy grainstone Feldspar None Bryozoans, shell fragments, serpulids, echinoderms, benthic foraminifers Syntaxial overgrowth on echinoderms, dog-tooth calcite, cement Well sorted, no matrix