Sample ID: NOVA04HO - 22D 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 1967-07-16 1967-07-17 Latitude -12.8333 -12.8333 Longitude 176.0833 176.0833 Water depth (m) 1492 1148 SIO code NOVA04HO-22D SIO sample number 22D IGSN number SIO000215 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-22D Depth top (cm) Depth bottom (cm) Lithology Texture Composition Geological age Weight 227.27 Rock lithology sedimentary (pyroclastic) - volcanic breccia (blocks)(>32mm) Rock min Weathering Remark Munsell code Exhaust code Comments West flank of seamount. Mn-coated volcanic rock. Surfaces mostly rounded - a few freshly broken. Vesicular.