Table
T10. Basement unit boundaries and curated unit thicknesses,
Hole 1183A.
depth
(mbsf)
section
section
(cm)
thickness†
(m)
192-1183A-
Top
of basement
1130.37
54R-3
4-5
120
Beginning
of basalt flows beneath sediment
1-2A
1130.73
54R-4
1-2
6
0.36
Limestone
interbed between flows
2A-2B
1130.75
54R-4
2-3
8
0.02
Pillow
basalts beneath limestone
2B-3A
1136.50
55R-1
NA
0
5.75
Limestone
interbed between flows
3A-3B
1136.62
55R-1
1-2
12
0.12
Pillow
basalts beneath limestone
3B-4A
1138.52
55R-2
5-6
77
1.90
Limestone
interbed between flows
4A-4B
1138.60
55R-2
6-7
85
0.08
Pillow
basalts beneath limestone
4B-5A
1146.10
56R-1
NA
0
7.50
Recrystallized
limestone cobble + hyaloclastite between flows
5A-5B
1146.17
56R-1
1-2
7
0.07
Pillow
basalts continue beneath limestone
5B-6
1166.50
60R-1
NA
0
20.33
Presence
of hyaloclastite, poor recovery (more fractured rock, top of flow)
6-7
1192.19
64R-2
2-3
19
25.69
Presence
of hyaloclastite between flows, pillow basalts beneath
7-8
1208.37
67R-3
7-8
53
16.18
Small
piece (<1 cm) of hyaloclastite, pillow basalts beneath
Notes: * = no actual contacts were recovered; boundary locations are inferred between the indicated pieces. † = calculated using curated depths. NA = not applicable because the boundary is between the top of the indicated core and the bottom of the overlying core.