GRD028QS0

CIRCE 86-4

Carbonate

Cenozoic › Paleogene › Eocene › Middle Eocene
37.2 - 48.6

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 34 › Drawer A

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28 samples ranging in size from ~5.5x2.5x1 to ~0.5x0.5x0.5 cm. White carbonate interior with Fe-Mn crust on sample. No fossils are apparent. Billet. Original label: 12 August, 1968.

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CIRCE

Indian Ocean
Original: 12 00.05, 62 18.0 E. Depth: -2350 to -1650.
Latitude: 12.000833°
Longitude: 62.3°
-2000.0 m a.s.l.

N/A

General texture of the sample

5.0

plane

General texture of the sample

5.0

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD028QT0: Fine-grained, granular carbonate; not equigranular; no fossils (C. Eichler)

N/A

Fisher_GSABulletin_1971
Fisher, R.L., Sclater, J.G., McKenzie, D.P., 1971, Evolution of the Central Indian Ridge, Western Indian Ocean: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, no. 3, p. 553-562.