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Deployment Details
Survey: - FR200108 [details]
Deployment Type: - Sediment Sampling
Station: VD-10
When: 2001-09-09 22:36 UTC
Where: 19° 40.0' S 170° 33.3' E
Maximum Depth (m): 1146
Sediment Sampling details
Device used: Dredge - unspecified
| Contents | Top (m) | Base (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Biogenic plus basaltic sand from sediment catchers | ||
| Large coral fragments | ||
| Assorted shells, some small coral fragments | ||
| Numerous small (< 3cm) fragments of relatively fresh, non-porphyritic, non-vesicular basalt | ||
| Single piece of glassy-looking basalt (1cm) | ||
| 1 piece (5x3x2cm) of calcareous rock, partly coated with Mn | ||
| 1 piece (4x3x1.5cm), sawn into two, of light-brown pumice | ||
| Several pieces of dark-brown pumice | ||
| Numerous small (1cm) pieces of oxidised basalt | ||
| 3 fragments of coral (?) with a manganese crust (< 1.5x0.5x0.5cm) | ||
| Numerous small pieces of light-brown pumice |