Description of W.H.O.I. rock dredge samples : volume II

Abstract

This report is Volume II in the series of reports entitled "DESCRIPTIONS OF W.H.O.I. ROCK DREDGE SAMPLES". This volume represents the final step in the major effort to catalog and prepare initial descriptions for all rock dredge samples in the W.H.O.I. Sea Floor Samples Collection, and to distribute this information throughout the scientific community. The distribution of this report completes the initial description of the backlog of W.H.O.I. Dredge Samples. The data contained in this volume is an accumulation and transcription of initial descriptions made at sea, along with post-cruise descriptions performed at the lab by the curatorial staff. Volume II contains individual stations executed during the period 1963 through 1986. It also presents a digitized listing of all dredge station data for the entire W.H.O.I. Dredge Collection through 1986. The data are sorted by Marsden Squares and can serve as a regional index for all rock descriptions included in Volumes I-III.