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.

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    Publications & Datasets

    General Identifiers

    Program:ICDP
    Expedition:ICDP 5059
    Type:Core Sample
    Name:5059_1_C_56_Z_1,87-91
    IGSN:ICDP5059EXY7701
    Parent IGSN:ICDP5059ES4THU2
    Request:SUST0007 A
    Request by:Marie Jackson
    Purpose:Volcanology Sample
    Release Date:2019-4-1

    Sampling Location

    Latitude:63.3016231666667
    Longitude:-20.5998366666667
    Coordinate System:WGS84
    Elevation:-101.095
    Final Depth:-101.135
    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:Tuff
    Rock Description (1): 158.09-158.4m
    • Interval: 158.09-158.4m
    • Major Lithology: Tuff
    • Comments: NN
    • Volcaniclastic Debris: Well lithified; Color:Green; Stratification:Crude (defined by irregular fines poor lenses); Granulometric:Medium lapilli tuff; Secondary Minerals:Y; clast vesicles, irregular matrix voids, and intergranular space; Sorting:Poorly sorted; Support:Matrix supported; Grading:Massive; Alteration:High; Clast Types:Lapilli (simple/zoned), composites; Matrix:Altered very fine-fine ash with coarse to medium ash and rare crystal fragments; Lithic:0
    Rock Description (2): 158.4-158.76m
    • Interval: 158.4-158.76m
    • Major Lithology: Tuff
    • Comments: NN
    • Volcaniclastic Debris: Well lithified; Color:Green; Stratification:Crude( interbedded =1cm thick fine tuff @31&35 cm); Granulometric:Very coarse to coarse tuff; Secondary Minerals:Y; intergranular space; Sorting:Poorly sorted; Support:Matrix supported; Grading:Massive to slight normally graded; Alteration:High; Clast Types:Lapilli (simple/zoned), composites; Matrix:Very coarse to medium ash and rare crystal fragments with intergranular secondary minerals and altered fine ash; Lithic:0
    Rock Description (3): 158.45-159.37m
    • Interval: 158.45-159.37m
    • Major Lithology: Tuff
    • Comments: NN
    • Volcaniclastic Debris: Well lithified; Color:Green; Granulometric:Medium lapilli tuff with outsized coarse lapilli and bomb; Secondary Minerals:Y; clast vesicles, intergranular space; Sorting:Poorly sorted; Support:Matrix supported; Grading:Massive; Alteration:High; Clast Types:Lapilli (simple/zoned), composites; Matrix:Very coarse to medium ash and rare crystal fragments with intergranular secondary minerals and altered fine ash; Lithic:0; Comments:Lithofacies lower boundary (56-3, 62-63cm) marked by a subhorizontal =1cm thick fine tuff layer
    From Corrected Depth:158.96
    To Corrected Depth:159.00
    Depth Reference:meter below ground level
    Geological Age:quaternary-holocene
    Geological Unit:N/A

    Methods

    MSCLyes
    Lithological Descriptionyes
    Core Overviewyes
    Core Section Scanyes
    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:-158.995m
    Comments:N/A
    Platform Type:drill rig
    Platform Name:drill
    Platform Description:slimhole wireline coring system
    Chief Scientist:Marie D. Jackson
    Start Date:2017-08-18
    End Date:2017-08-26

    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