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Deployment Details
Survey: - FR200108 [details]
Deployment Type: - Sediment Sampling
Station: VG-20
When: 2001-09-17 11:35 UTC
Where: 17° 20.4' S 168° 29.2' E
Maximum Depth (m): 469
Sediment Sampling details
Device used: Grab - unspecified
Contents | Top (m) | Base (m) |
---|---|---|
Cm size piece of olive brown pumice with small (corals?), tube growing on the outside. | ||
95% of the sample recovered is volcanic black sand, (30%) pieces of shells, forams, acircular (coral?) 70% is biota fragments | ||
One piece (2cmx0.5cmx0.5cm) carbonate breccia with thin crust. | ||
2 pea-size pieces of volcanic glass with weathered crust. | ||
Fines left after washing. 1g of bottom fine black sand. |