Sample ID: NOVA04HO - 31D 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 1967-07-19 1967-07-19
Latitude -12.7667 -12.7667
Longitude 173.9667 173.9667
Water depth (m) 2013 1896

SIO code NOVA04HO-31D
SIO sample number 31D
IGSN number SIO000220
Ship name Horizon
Navigation type CELESTIAL-MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Sampling tool type dredge
Province
Crustal age model (mybp) NO_DATA



Sub-sample information
Sub-sample number 1
Siocode NOVA04HO-31D
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Lithology
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Composition
Geological age
Weight 13.64
Rock lithology sediments (unconsolidated) - shell/coral hash
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Comments NW flank of H. Holme Bank. Mn-coated reef detritus - light brown foram. marl - slightly vesicular volc. glass and/or basalt - white Mn-coated foram. marl.