Fountain, David M (1980): Wet-bulk densities, mean atomic weights, effective porosities, grain densities, and compressional-wave velocities at DSDP Leg 58 Holes [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821421, Supplement to: Fountain, DM (1980): Influence of porosity and water saturation on the compressional-wave velocities of basalts from the North Philippine Sea. In: deVries Klein, G; Kobayashi, K; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 58, 935-940, https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.58.142.1980
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Abstract:
The effects of water saturation and open pore space on the seismic velocities of crystalline rocks are extremely important when comparing laboratory data to in situ geophysical observations (e.g., Dortman and Magid, 1969; Nur and Simmons, 1969; Christensen and Salisbury, 1975). The existence of fractured rocks, flow breccias and drained pillows in oceanic crustal layer 2a, for instance, may appreciably reduce seismic velocities in that layer (Hyndman, 1976). Laboratory data assessing the influence of porosity and water saturation on seismic velocities of oceanic crustal rocks would certainly aid interpretation of marine geophysical data.
Igneous rocks recovered during Leg 58 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, in the Shikoku Basin and Daito Basin in the North Philippine Sea, are extremely vesicular, as evidenced by shipboard measurements of porosities, which range from 0 to 30 per cent (see reports on Sites 442, 443, 444, and 446, this volume). Samples with this range of porosities afford an excellent opportunity to examine the influence of porosity and water saturation on seismic velocities of oceanic basalts. This paper presents compressional-wave velocities to confining pressures of 1.5 kbars for water-saturated and air-dried basalt samples from the North Philippine Sea. Samples used in this study are from sites 442, 443 and 444 in the Shikoku Basin and Site 446 in the Daito Basin.
Excellent negative correlation between porosity and compressional-wave velocity demonstrates that waterfilled pore space can significantly reduce compressionalwave velocities in porous basalts. Velocities measured in air-dried samples indicate that the velocity difference between dry samples and saturated samples is small for porosities exceeding 10 per cent, and very large for lower porosities.
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Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
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Median Latitude: 27.098600 * Median Longitude: 135.335320 * South-bound Latitude: 24.700700 * West-bound Longitude: 132.774800 * North-bound Latitude: 29.327500 * East-bound Longitude: 137.683800
Date/Time Start: 1977-12-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1978-01-18T00:00:00
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58-442A * Latitude: 28.983300 * Longitude: 136.057200 * Date/Time: 1977-12-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4639.0 m * Penetration: 313.5 m * Recovery: 153.7 m * Location: North Pacific/BASIN * Campaign: Leg58 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 33 cores; 304 m cored; 9.5 m drilled; 50.6 % recovery
58-442B * Latitude: 28.984000 * Longitude: 136.057200 * Date/Time: 1977-12-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4634.0 m * Penetration: 455 m * Recovery: 51 m * Location: North Pacific/BASIN * Campaign: Leg58 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 20 cores; 187.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 27.2 % recovery
58-443 * Latitude: 29.327500 * Longitude: 137.440500 * Date/Time: 1977-12-28T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4372.0 m * Penetration: 581.5 m * Recovery: 300 m * Location: North Pacific/BASIN * Campaign: Leg58 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 64 cores; 581.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 51.6 % recovery
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- Fountain, DM (1980): (Table 1) Wet-bulk densities, mean atomic weights, and compressional-wave velocities for water-saturated basalts of DSDP Leg 58 Hole. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821419
- Fountain, DM (1980): (Table 2) Wet-bulk densities, effective porosities, grain densities, and compressional-wave velocities for air-dried basalts of DSDP Leg 58 Holes. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.821420