| Description |
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| Material: | Not Provided |
| Classification: | Not Provided |
| Field Name: | KK820316-4 STA43 RD25 |
| Description: | Labile sandstone: 1000 lbs. Calcareous, silty, fine labile sandstone; foram rich (10-50%). Poorly medium bedded, commonly bored and Mn encrusted. Some feldspar and chinopyroxene content. Mn crusts ca 1 mm thick. Bulk of samples (3 bags) to HIG. Samples 25-1 to 25-9 to Exon & Cook for sedimentological and palaeontological studies. Three bags to Solomons. Fauna: Abundant living deepwater corals, largely one Gorgonian species. Three pieces of pink coral include one of commercial grade. Abundant pink ophiroids in corals. Key coral samples to R. Grigg via HIG. Other biota to Ponder via Exon. Total recovery ~400 kg of moderately to highly indurated foram rich sands and weathered limestone. Many wereencrusted with living corals, brittle stars calcareous sponges and forams. Some almost completely encrusted with Mn- coating, sands contain 10-50% forams, with minor % of rock fragmens and mineral grains. Many samples are highly encrusted and extensively bored. The material was probably debris for the most part but some broken pieces suggest outcrops was also sampled. Possible Mid-Pliocene age-deposited on outer shelf or upper slope with no sign of contemporary volcanic activity. Several cubic feet of deepwater corraline material included: predominantly gorgonian types; some soft coral, black coral, several pieces of pink precious coral. 9 pieces described in detail - splits taken by Exon + Crook, ~3 bags for HIG, 2 Bag for Solomons. |
| Age (min): | Not Provided |
| Age (max): | Not Provided |
| Collection Method: | Dredge |
| Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
| Size: | Not Provided |
| Geological Age: | Not Provided |
| Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
| Comment: | Five buckets of samples available each individually labeled 1-3. |
| Purpose: | Geological studies |
| Geolocation |
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| Latitude Start (WGS84): | -7.5791667 |
| Latitude End: | Not Provided |
| Longitude Start (WGS84): | 157.19733 |
| Longitude End: | Not Provided |
| Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Zone: | Not Provided |
| Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
| Elevation Start: | Not Provided |
| Elevation End: | Not Provided |
| Nav Type: | Not Provided |
| Physiographic Feature: | Not Provided |
| Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Not Provided |
| Location Description: | Solomons-Scot-Fatu O Moana Seamounts. Depth start (m) 890. Depth finish (m) 670. |
| Locality: | Not Provided |
| Locality Description: | Not Provided |
| Country: | Not Provided |
| State/Province: | Not Provided |
| County: | Not Provided |
| City: | Not Provided |
| Collection |
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| Field Program/Cruise: | KK820316-4 |
| Platform Type: | Not Provided |
| Platform Name: | Not Provided |
| Platform Description: | Not Provided |
| Launch Type: | Not Provided |
| Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
| Launch ID: | Not Provided |
| Collector/Chief Scientist: | Not Provided |
| Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
| Collection Start Date: | 1982-05-25T04:00:00Z |
| Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
| Curation |
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| Current Archive: | Not Provided |
| Current Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Original Archive: | Not Provided |
| Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | | Siblings: | No Siblings |
| Children: | No Children |
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STA43 RD25.JPG (primary image)
