Sample ID: NOVA04HO - 59D 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 1967-08-03 1967-08-03
Latitude -22.1667 -22.1667
Longitude 173.5667 173.5667
Water depth (m) 1117 762

SIO code NOVA04HO-59D
SIO sample number 59D
IGSN number SIO000222
Ship name Horizon
Navigation type CELESTIAL-MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Sampling tool type dredge
Province ridge crest
Crustal age model (mybp) NO_DATA



Sub-sample information
Sub-sample number 1
Siocode NOVA04HO-59D
Depth top (cm)
Depth bottom (cm)
Lithology
Texture
Composition
Geological age
Weight 22.73
Rock lithology igneous (extrusive/volcanic) - basalt
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Comments Top of irregularly flattened ridge (same ridge as 58D). Partially decomposed volcanic rock fragments covered by firm coating of calcareous sediment.