U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-002
Geological Framework Data from Long Island Sound, 1981-1990:
A Digital Data Release
1988 MMS Summary Report
Table 3b.
CORE | 88-1 | 88-3 | 88-4 | 88-8 |
Depth (cm) | 165 | 250 | 540 | 333 |
WEIGHT PERCENT |
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Light Minerals | 93.6 | 91.0 | 93.8 | 91.4 |
Heavy
Minerals with Magnetite |
6.4 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 8.6 |
Heavy
Minerals without Magnetite |
6.2 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 8.3 |
FREQUENCY PERCENT BY NUMBER |
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Amphibole | 35 | 38 | 42 | 39 |
Andalucite | T | |||
Biotite | T | T | T | 14 |
Chlorite | ||||
Chloritoid | T | |||
Epidote Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Garnet | 33 | 33 | 30 | 16 |
Hypersthene | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Kyanite | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Monazite | ||||
Muscovite | 1 | 1 | ||
Opaques | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Rutile | 1 | T | 1 | T |
Sillimanite | T | T | T | 1 |
Staurolite | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Titanite | 1 | 1 | T | |
Tourmaline | 2 | |||
Zircon | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Shell | ||||
Altered Minerals | ||||
Misc. | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
TOTAL | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 |