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Deployment Details
Survey: - FR200108 [details]
Deployment Type: - Sediment Sampling
Station: VG-28
When: 2001-09-18 23:43 UTC
Where: 16° 14.8' S 167° 52.1' E
Maximum Depth (m): 391
Sediment Sampling details
Device used: Grab - unspecified
| Contents | Top (m) | Base (m) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 ? 4 cm from push core. Gravel (as in samples 143853 and 143854) in black volcanic sand | 0 | 0.04 |
| 4 ? 6 cm from push core. Well sorted fine black volcanic sand. | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Same material as sample 143853 | ||
| Bulk sample of grab. Black volcanic sand with some gravel pieces. | ||
| Same material as in sample 143857 | ||
| Filtered bulk sample grab ? cloth filtration. | ||
| Bulk elutriated sample of grab. | ||
| Same material as in sample 143860 | ||
| 16x8x7cm rounded piece of carbonate ? cemented polymict breccia. Clasts include reefal limestone, shell fragments, black volcanic rock (basalt?) and oxidised tuffaceous material. Cut in half and bagged separately. Biota observed on outer surface oxidised under surface. | ||
| 15x15x4cm rounded piece of reddish / brown siltstone with a worm cast. Cut in half. Biota observed on outer surface. | ||
| 6x5x3cm rounded piece of graded granite to pebble conglomerate with carbonate cement, similar fragments to 143862 cut in half. Oxidised ? red-brown. | ||
| 7x5x3cm rounded piece of red brown volcaniclastic (? Reworked) sandstone. | ||
| 4x2x2cm rounded pieces of carbonate breccia. Oxidised outer surface. Dominantly bioclastic fragments, some lithic fragments cut in half. | ||
| Bryozoans and corals | ||
| Washed gravel- upper part of grab. Red ? brown oxidised rocks. Carbonate cemented breccia, coral fragments and possible weathered tuffs. |