Sample ID: NOVA04HO - 62D Sample Type: Dredge


Cruise information: NOVA04HO
Start End
Cruise dates 1967-07-13 1967-08-07
Cruise ports Suva, Fiji Noumea,New Caledonia

SIO cruise id NOVA04HO
Cruise name NOVA LEG 4(HO)
Chief scientist Menard, Henry W.
Cruise narrative To explore the southwest Pacific Ocean and to investigate the drift of continents and the expansion of the seafloor in Melanesia which seems to be part continent and part ocean basin.
Cruise ngdc number NA
Proposal title To study the origins and geologic history of continents and ocean basins



Sample information NOVA04HO
Start End
Date 1967-08-05 1967-08-05
Latitude -24.0167 -24.0167
Longitude 170.05 170.05
Water depth (m) 905 576

SIO code NOVA04HO-62D
SIO sample number 62D
IGSN number SIO000224
Ship name Horizon
Navigation type CELESTIAL-MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Sampling tool type dredge
Province seamount or seamount province
Crustal age model (mybp) NO_DATA



Sub-sample information
Sub-sample number 1
Siocode NOVA04HO-62D
Depth top (cm)
Depth bottom (cm)
Lithology
Texture
Composition
Geological age
Weight 9.09
Rock lithology sediments (unconsolidated) - shell/coral hash
Rock min
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Comments E. upper slope of guyot. Coralline/algal masses - irregular - Mn-coated hard limestone - moderately soft foram/algal detritus - living sponge and crinoids.