"Leg 207, Site 1258 Thin Section Data"																																										
Sample											Mineral												Biogenic											Rock								
Leg	Site	H	Cor	CT	Sct	Top (cm)	Bot (cm)	Depth  (mbsf)	Thin Section Number	Lithology	Barite	Calcite	Inorganic Calcite	Clay	Dolomite	Feldspar	Glauconite	Phosphorite	Opaque minerals	Chalcedony	Quartz	Zeolite	Bioclast	Ebridians	Diatoms	Fish Remains	Nannofossils	Foraminifers	Planktonic foraminifers	Benthic foraminifers	Shell fragments	Sponge spicules	Radiolarians	Siliceous matrix	Fecal Pellet	Micrite	Sparite	Organic Debris organic matter	Other		Lithology	Comments
207	1258	A	3	R	4	60	65	19.3	29																			15				*	26			59				100	Radiolarian chalk with foraminifers (Radiolarian/foraminifer wackestone to packstone)	Thin section is of very poor quality. 
207	1258	A	5	R	1	70	72	33.9	30	D				5															35							60				100	Foraminifer wackestone)	Thin section is very poor quality. Foraminifers are quite often empty or partly empty. Micrite is as matrix.
207	1258	A	28	R	1	29	32	255.19	32	D																			30							70				100	Foraminifer wackestone / packstone	Micrite matrix. Areal coverage of foraminifers.
207	1258	A	28	R	3	56	59	258.46	33	D																1			19	*						80				100	Foraminifer wackestone	Sharp decrease in foraminifer content in burrows.
207	1258	A	29	R	2	98	100	267.08	34	D				20															40	*						40			*	100	Foraminifer wackestone	"Foraminifers are filled with micrite, clayey micrite and rarely with sparite (blocky calcite). Trace of Echinoid fragments"
207	1258	A	33	R	3	29	31	306.39	35	D									1										49	*						50				100	Foraminifer wackestone to packstone	"Thin section came off glass slide. Micrite matrix. Foraminifers are filled with blocky calcite (clear crystals), empty (due to TS preparation), or filled with micrite. In upper part of TS, foraminifers generally filled with siliceous material (cryptocrystalline quartz+clay)."
207	1258	A	38	R	CC	0	5	357.01	31	D				30					*		*	5											15			50				100	Zeolitic wackestone with radiolarians	Radiolarians are replaced by zeolite. One big agglutinate foraminifer made of quartz silt.
207	1258	A	42	R	1	88	89	390.68	37	M				25			11		2							11			21							25		5		100	Foraminifer wackestone with glauconite and phosphorite	Fish remains include phosphate. Background micrite.
207	1258	A	42	R	2	43	44	391.73	38	D				35												10			10							35		10		100	Wackestone with phosphorite (black shale with phosphorite)	Laminated (clayey chalk with phosphate). Foraminifers are concentrated in certain intervals. Clay and micrite as matrix. Fish remains are with phosphatic nodules.
207	1258	A	42	R	2	70	71	392	39	D				36					1							11			5							28		19		100	Wackestone with organic matter	Calcareous claystone with fish remains and organic matter. 25% of micrite is matrix; 3% is fecal pellets. Fish remains include phosphate.
207	1258	A	43	R	1	111	115	400.51	40	D				15					2										15							16	50	2		100	Foraminifer wackestone	Flasered-thinly bedded appearance. Microspar matrix. Micrite patches (fecal pellets?)
207	1258	A	43	R	3	27	30	402.21	41	D				20					1							*			32							27	15	5		100	Foraminifer wackestone alternating with packstone	No obvious size-sorting in this thin section. Micrite and clay matrix.
207	1258	A	43	R	3	51	54	402.45	36	D				50					2							3			5							20		20		100	Calcareous claystone with organic matter	Typical black shale. Organic matter is mainly granular.
207	1258	A	46	R	2	19	20	424.85	42	M																15			55								30			100	Foraminifer packstone with abundant fish debris	Chunky sparite and blocky calcite--very small granules but not opaque. Fish remains are well preserved.
207	1258	A	48	R	2	92	95	435.21	43	M		45		20					2							3			5							20		5		100	Clayey chalk with diagenetic calcite	Black shale in the process of being replaced by diagenetic calcite. Cone-in-cone structure.
207	1258	A	49	R	1	25	29	438.15	44	D		77		10					5									3								5				100	Crystalline limestone (with layers of coarse-grained diagenetic calcite)	Diagenetic layers show initial stages of the formation of a cone-in-cone structure.
207	1258	A	49	R	3	97	100	441.81	45	D				10					3		1					7			10		5					31	30	3		100	Foraminifer wackestone	Lower part: Foraminifer wackestone with microsparitic matrix. Upper part: Foraminifer wackestone with micritic matrix. 21% micrite matrix. 30% microsparite.10% micrite in fecal pellets.
207	1258	A	49	R	3	127	130	442.11	46	D				25					4		2					13			25							31				100	Foraminifer wackestone with fish debris	Opaque minerals are up to 10% in some areas. 15% micritic fecal pellets and 16% micrite matrix.
207	1258	A	50	R	1	123	126	443.73	47	DM		60		10					2							20			5		1							2		100	Diagenetic calcite with fish debris	Clay and organic matter form original black shale. Fish remains contain one large phosphate nodule.
207	1258	A	50	R	2	22	25	443.98	48	M		50		10			2		5							25			5		3									100	Diagenetic calcite concretion with fish debris and phosphorite	
207	1258	A	50	R	3	97	100	446.16	49	D		3							5							1		*					11				80			100	Chalk with calcite replaced radiolarians	Radiolarians are replaced by sparite. Microspar matrix. Calcite is coarse vein calcite.
207	1258	B	13	R	3	116	118	122.36	-50		See comments																														Sample returned. Not made into thin section.	
207	1258	B	38	R	2	123	126	352.03	51					5					2		1	5				1		1					15			70		*		100	Chalk with radiolarians	Zeolites are not in radiolarians. Micrite matrix contains unquantified amount of opal CT.
207	1258	B	39	R	4	45	47	363.95	52	D									6					1				3			*		15			75				100	Chalk with radiolarians / Radiolarian wackestone	Radiolarians are oriented parallel bedding-partly disturbed by bioturbation. Foraminifers are more abundant in burrows; mainly fragments with blocky calcite filling. Micrite matrix may contain opal. 
207	1258	B	44	R	2	8	11	394.24	53	D							1		4		1					1		3					8			62	20			100	Chalk	Chalk is slightly siliceous. Micrite might contain opal CT. Microsparite in burrows.
33	1258	B	44	R	2	32	36	394.48	54	D		10		33	12				10		2		1			7			*	*			*	5		20				100	Calcareous claystone with glauconite (bioturbated)	Fish remains include phosphate. Calcite is coarse-grained. Micrite is in matrix.
207	1258	B	44	R	2	50	53	394.66	55	D				40			11		5		2		*			5		15						5		16		1		100	Calcareous claystone with glauconite and foraminifers (bioturbated)	Patchy-wavy appearance. Silica in matrix. Fish remains include phosphate. Foraminifers are unevenly distributed. Bioclasts are shell fragments.
207	1258	B	44	R	2	63	66	394.79	56	D	1	2		37			1				2		1			3		15						5		25		8		100	Calcareous claystone with foraminifers	Foraminifer black shale with huge burrow Foraminifers are filled with blocky calcite or clay. Micrite in matrix. Coarser-grained diagenetic calcite. Quartz in burrow.
207	1258	B	44	R	3	35	39	395.68	57	D				40			8		5			3	1			10			16							17				100	Calcareous claystone with foraminifers	Bioclasts are shell fragments (Inoceramus?). Micrite is in matrix.
207	1258	B	45	R	3	108	111	400.43	58	D				15					7							1		15								45	14	3		100	Chalk with foraminifers and clay	Micrite matrix.  Microsparite (recrystallization).
207	1258	B	45	R	4	114	117	401.9	59	D				42					10			10				3			*							10		25		100	Organic matter claystone	Micrite in background. 
207	1258	B	46	R	2	103	106	404.77	60	D				28					5			3				7			11				8			30		8		100	Clayey chalk with foraminifers	Silicification concentrated in certain layers. Opaque minerals are spherical. Micrite in matrix. Fish remains include phosphate.
207	1258	B	51	R	2	109	112	428.81	61	M		83		7					1							5			3		1									100	Diagenetic calcite / Calcite concretion	Diagenetic calcite. Fish remains in one layer.
207	1258	B	53	R	1	23	28	436.13	62	M				24					3				*			25			15							25		8		100	Alternating calcareous claystone and phosphorite sand	"Spectacular thin section. Fish remains include phosphate. 15% micrite in matrix, 10% micrite in flattened pellets."
207	1258	B	54	R	1	8	11	441.58	63	M		89		8												*			*							3				100	Diagenetic calcite concretionary layer	Coarse-grained diagenetic calcite.
207	1258	B	54	R	1	42	45	441.92	64	D				20												3			5							17	54	1		100	Limestone with clay	"Microspar to sparite. 10% micrite in clusters, 7% micrite in pellets."
207	1258	B	54	R	1	66	69	442.16	65	D				15					1							1			7		7						68	1		100	Limestone with clay / Wackestone	"""Laminated"" foraminifer sand. Bioclasts are bivalve debris including Inoceramus. Foraminifers are fragments."
207	1258	B	54	R	1	77	80	442.27	66	D				15					2				20			*			8							30	25			100	Limestone with bioclasts / Wackestone	Micrite peloids. Microspar matrix. Bioclasts are bivalves and juvenile ammonites.
207	1258	B	55	R	1	12	15	445.62	67					20							*					4			8		8						57	3		100	Wackestone with foraminifers and calcareous shell fragments	"Microsparite is recrystallized matrix. Clay includes dark material (oxides) incorporated. Foraminifers are filled with blocky calcite. Shells include ""oysters"" and ""neomorphic"" shells."
207	1258	B	55	R	2	84	86	447.46	68	D		50		20					2							9			4							13		2		100	Calcareous claystone / Diagenetic calcite	Black shale replaced by diagenetic calcite (cone-in-cone structure). Foraminifers are filled with blocky calcite.
207	1258	B	56	R	2	30	32	452.57	69	M				30									20			8			17							21	2	2		100	Bioclastic wackestone to packstone	"Very poor thin section. Bioclasts are shell fragments. Sparite around shells. 10% micritic fecal pellets, 11% micrite in matrix."
207	1258	B	56	R	3	59	61	453.7	70	M				5	*				4		*					15			1		25					5	45			100	Bioclastic limestone / Bivalve shell wacke	Fish remains include phosphate. Micrite is original matrix. 
207	1258	B	57	R	1	63	67	455.83	71			86		*			2	2	10		*							*												100	Limestone (diagenetic)	
207	1258	C	15	R	3	93	97	393.7	72	D				20		*	1		3		1	20				1			1	*	2					50			1	100	Micrite with zeolite (radiolarians) and clay	CHALKY PART. Chalk/black shale transition. Other material is opaque minerals with interesting outlineÐÐ pseudomorphs after rhodochrosite?
207	1258	C	15	R	3	93	97	393.7	72	D				38			3		4	5			1			2			7					9		23		7	1	100	Calcareous claystone	BLACK SHALE. Chalk/black shale transition.
207	1258	C	15	R	3	123	126	394	73	D				10					2										10							65	10	3		100	Micrite with foraminifers (foraminifer wackestone)	Peloidal(?) micrite. Granular organic debris.
207	1258	C	27	R	2	29	32	449.2	74	M			98																										2	100	Limestone (diagenetic) 	"Calcite is very well crystallized patch work of different crystal sizes. Ghosts of original ""beef structure"". Other 2% is unknown remains of original mud."
207	1258	C	27	R	2	45	48	449.36	75				67						11							10			5		5							2		100	Limestone with pyrite	Opaque mineral is probably pyrite. Calcite is sparite.