Sample Family

=Hole, =Core, =Core-Section, =Core-Sample
The Sample Family shows a sub-sampling graph. Select entries to navigate samples. Core-Samples are issued to scientists on request. The naming convention for a Core-Sample is: Expedition_Site_Hole_Core_Section,from-to(cm). Hole, Core, and Core-Section are following the same schema respectively.

Location Map

    Publications & Datasets

    General Identifiers

    Program:ICDP
    Expedition:ICDP 5059
    Type:Core Section
    Name:5059_1_D_120_Z_2
    IGSN:ICDP5059ESGXIU2
    Parent IGSN:ICDP5059ECAR101
    Release Date:2019-4-1

    Sampling Location

    Latitude:63.3016081666667
    Longitude:-20.5998616666667
    Coordinate System:WGS84
    Elevation:-290.94
    Final Depth:-291.79
    Location Type:continental land
    Location Name:NN
    Location Description:Vetsmanneyjar Archipelago, Iceland's SE rift zone
    Country:Iceland
    Province:Surtsey Island
    County:South Coast
    City:NN

    Geology

    Material:Rock
    Rock Classification:VOL
    Rock Type:Crystalline Basalt
    Rock Description: 349.07-349.92m
    • Interval: 349.07-349.92m
    • Major Lithology: Crystalline Basalt
    • Comments: NN
    • Volcaniclastic Debris: SEE CRYSTALLINE BASALT; Color:Dark Gray; Stratification:nn; Granulometric:nn; Secondary Minerals:Y; on joint surfaces and in vesicles; Sorting:nn; Support:nn; Grading:nn; Alteration:nn; Fractures:85C degrees,75C degrees, 45C degrees joints; Clast Types:nn; Matrix:nn; Comments:nn
    • Crystalline Basalt: Porphyritic; Vesicularity:Moderately vesicular; Ves-Textures:Spherical, subspherical, polylobate, amoeboid, and interconnected chain vesicles (less than 1 mm-1.6 cm) , arranged in domains and planes with separating light gray vesicle poor bands; Jointing:Jointed (85C degrees,75C degrees, 45C degrees); Phenocryst:Olivine (=1 mm); Phen-Abundance:3%; Contacts:No contacts in core section.; Comments:Microcrystalline groundmass
    From Corrected Depth:349.07
    To Corrected Depth:349.92
    Depth Reference:meter below ground level
    Geological Age:quaternary-holocene
    Geological Unit:N/A

    Methods

    MSCLyes
    Lithological Descriptionyes
    Core Overviewyes
    Core Section Scanno
    Core Catcher Scanno

    Drilling

    Drilling Method:
    Coring>RockCorer
    wireline diamond coring, PQ bit size
    Operator:
    DOSECC Exploration Services, UTAH, USA
    Surtsey Island, Iceland
    Funding Agency:International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
    Total Length:-349.5m
    Comments:N/A
    Platform Type:drill rig
    Platform Name:drill
    Platform Description:slimhole wireline coring system
    Chief Scientist:Marie D. Jackson
    Start Date:2017-08-27
    End Date:2017-09-06

    Repositories

    Current Repository:Icelandic Institute of Natural History in Gardabaer/Breiddalsvik, Iceland
    Current Repository Contact:Kristjan Jonasson: kristjan@ni.is
    Original Repository:N/A
    Original Repository Contact:N/A