Table T8. Summary of petrographic characteristics of Sites 1141 and 1142 basement units.
 
Unit Core, section,
piece, interval
(cm)
Type of basalt Phenocrysts (%)
Groundmass mineralogy
(%)
Groundmass
texture
Alteration
Plag Ol
Plag Cpx Ol Opq Ms

183-1141A-










2 16R-2, 5-8 Sparsely plagioclase phyric 1

50 30
2 18 Intersertal to intergranular Moderate
3 16R-CC (Piece 3B, 37-38) Aphyric basalt <1

50 30
2 18 Intersertal to intergranular Moderate

17R-1 (Piece 6, 26-29) Sparsely plagioclase phyric 2

65 15
3 15 Intersertal to intergranular High
4 17R-CC (Piece 1, 24-27) Sparsely plagioclase phyric 2

50 30
3 15 Intersertal to intergranular High

18R-1 (Piece 18, 146-148) Sparsely plagioclase phyric 2

50 30 10 5 5 Intersertal to intergranular Moderate

19R-2 (Piece 2, 13-14) Moderately olivine phyric <1 5
45 35
3 10 Intersertal to intergranular High
5 21R-2 (Piece 1D, 126-128) Sparsely olivine phyric
2
50 40


Ophitic to intersertal Moderate

21R-3 (Piece 1C, 93-95) Vesicular olivine phyric <1 2
40 40 3 10
Intersertal to intergranular High
6 22R-2 (Piece 3A, 79-81) Vesicular olivine phyric
3
60 10
3 20 Trachytic Very high

22R-3 (Piece 7, 100-101) Sparsely olivine phyric <1 2
40 30 10 3 15 Subophitic High

22R-3 (Piece 12, 146-148) Sparsely olivine phyric
2
40 30 10 3 15 Subophitic to intergranular High

23R-1 (Piece 2B, 46-49) Moderately olivine phyric
3
45 25 10 3 12 Subophitic to intergranular High

23R-1 (Piece 1C, 106-109) Sparsely olivine phyric
2
40 30 10 3 15 Subophitic High

23R-2 (Piece 5C, 61-63) Moderately olivine phyric
4
50 40 5 2
Subophitic Slight

23R-2 (Piece 11A, 107-108) Sparsely olivine phyric <1 2
40 40 10 3 5 Ophitic Slight

24R-1 (Piece 1A, 6-8) Moderately olivine phyric
3
50 30 1 4 10 Intersertal to intergranular Slight

24R-2 (Piece 2A, 36-37) Sparsely olivine phyric <1 2
50 30
3 15 Intersertal to intergranular Moderate

183-1142A-










1 2R-1 (Piece 9, 50-53) Sparsely olivine phyric <1 2
40 50
3 5 Intergranular Slight
3 6R-1 (Piece 3, 11-14) Moderately plagioclase phyric 3 <1
45 45
4 5 Intergranular Moderate
6 9R-3 (Piece 9, 108-111) Aphyric basalt


50 45
5 5 Trachytic, aphanitic Moderate

9R-4 (Piece 1, 3-7) Glassy pillow margin 2 0
45 25
5 25 Trachytic, glassy Very high

10R-1 (Piece 5B, 37-40) Aphyric basalt


60 20
4 15 Intergranular High

Note: Plag = plagioclase, Cpx = clinopyroxene, Ol = olivine, Opq = opaque, Ms = mesostasis.