"Leg 207, Site 1259 Thin Section Data"																																									
Sample											Mineral											Biogenic										Rock									
Leg	Site	H	Cor	CT	Sct	Top (cm)	Bot (cm)	Depth  (mbsf)	Thin Section Number	Lithology	Calcite	Clay	Inorganic Calcite	Feldspar	Glauconite	Fe-oxide	Opaque minerals	Pyrite	Quartz	Zeolite	Zircon	Fish Remains	Bioclast	Nannofossils	Foraminifers	Planktonic Foraminifer	Benthic foraminifers	Radiolarians	Organic debris	Shell fragments	Microfossils	Cement	Micrite	Sparite	Lithic fragments	Siliceous matrix	Organic matter		Lithology	Comments	
207	1259	A	26	R	3	121	124	241.11	76	D		12	35										1		50		1	1										100	Foraminifer packstone	"Foraminifers are mainly filled with micrite, rarely with blocky calcite. Foraminifers are transported/winnowed. Small ones filling the space between big ones. Bioclasts are shell fragments. Micrite is matrix or cement."	
207	1259	A	30	R	4	49		53.00	77	D		10	35							3	3				50			2										103	Foraminifer sand	"Foraminifers filled with blocky calcite or probably broken out, empty-rare zeolite growth in chambers"	
207	1259	A	38	R	CC	0	5	359.24	31	D		35					1		2	12								8					42					100	Clayey carbonate wackestone with zeolite	In broken piece out of nannofossil molds. Micrite includes nannofossils.	
207	1259	A	49	R	1	55	57	458.95	78	D		9										1	*			50							40					100	Foraminifer wackestone to packstone	"Foraminifers are filled with sparite, matrix (clayey) micrite. Bioclasts are bivalve shells."	
207	1259	A	55	R	3	27	29	513.28	79		44	30						1				1									14					10	10	110			
207	1259	A	59	R	4	110	113	544.93	81	D		20				*			*		*	5				50							15			10	10	110	Clayey limestone (with organic matter and clay)	"The analyses show that total organic matter accounts for approximately 5% to 10%. 30% of micrite is clay and organic matter, 15% micritic (nannofossil) fecal pellets."	
207	1259	A	59	R	CC	19	22	546.61	80	D		10						3	*			1			8								75			3	3	103	Calcareous Wackestone	Distinctly laminated. Micritic matrix consists of fecal pellets and is microsparitic.	
207	1259	A	60	R	1	21	23	549.31	82	D		25							50					*									25						Quartz arenite	"Quartz grains are predominantly angular to subangular. Some show undulous extinction. No quartz overgrowth is seen, except for rare concave/convex contacts. Matrix/cement is 25% clay and 25% micrite. Nannofossil fragments are present in ""cement""."	
207	1259	B	24	R	4	38	40	548.48	105	M		5							15			*	30											50				100	Bioclastic limestone	Angular quartz. Bioclasts are with neomorphic spar. 	
207	1259	B	24	R	4	49	52	548.59	99	D	5	10						15	65													5						100	Quartz arenite with opaque minerals	Angular quartz. Calcite is large diagenetic calcite. Cement is carbonate.	
207	1259	B	24	R	5	56	58	550.16	100	D		10					8		18			*	30				1							33				100	Bioclastic limestone with quartz	"Bioclasts are mainly replaced by neomorphic spar, including echinoids, bivalve shells, gastropods.  Sparite is microsparic cement."	
207	1259	B	24	R	5	84	88	550.44	101		45	20					20		15																			100	"Diagenetic limestone with clay, opaque minerals and quartz"	"Opaque minerals include pebbles of pyrite. 20% of calcite is ""beef"" calcite, 25% is other diagenetic calcite."	
207	1259	B	25	R	1	47	51	553.67	102	D	19	30		*			26		25																*			100	Partially pyritized quartz wacke to quartz arenite	Opaque minerals include areas with pyrite replacing matrix. Calcite is diagenetic.	
207	1259	B	25	R	1	113	117	554.33	103	D		46					10		25										1	*			15	3				100	Quartz wackestone (silt-sized)	Very fine to extremely fine-grained quartz wacke.
207	1259	B	25	R	2	26	30	554.96	104	D	2	20					1		38				6				*						3	30	3			103	Very fine-grained quartz sandstone (wackestone)	Bioclasts include echinoid fragments. Lithic fragments include quartzite and chert. Large crystals of diagenetic calcite incorporating quartz.
207	1259	C	11	R	3	11	13	492.04	106	D		20			6		10		4			3				2							55					100	Chalk with clay	Distinctly glauconitic. 
207	1259	C	11	R	4	19	21	493.62	107	M	2	20		*	27		4		3			5			4				3				30			2		100	Glauconitic claystone	Diagenetic blocky calcite. Opaque minerals include several ~1mm pyrite nodules). Micrite is background matrix. Foraminifers are mainly fragments.
207	1259	C	15	R	2	42	45	515.72	108			10			10		2					25				10			2			5	36					100	Calcareous phosphorite with glauconite and foraminifer	Microspar matrix. Cement is sparite. One big benthic foraminifer among planktonic foraminifers. Fish remains.
207	1259	C	17	R	5	86	90	534.72	109	D		16					3					2	2			50							25				2	100	Foraminifer wackestone with foraminifer packstone patches	Micrite background. Bioclasts are long very thin shells.