Field Work
Early starts to our day
Spent our first morning obtaining clearance to the army base where the PTA, KMA and Lanai drill core are stored. We saw how many pallets we will need to process. Lots of wild goats and chickens, and a nice view of Mauna Kea from the army barracks
Cool stuff filling in pore spaces
A nice fresh face from a broken chunk of the drill core. Infill ranged from fuzzy looking infill, to bladed crystals, bubble like textures, and prismatic growths.
Boxes and Boxes of rock
Some drill core were also stored at the UH campus. Since they were opened and laid out, we put notes on areas that visually look interesting!
Extent of alteration
Interesting to see the extent of alteration in some of these basalts! This one is the KMA core, only being 10km from the PTA site. We are starting to see different types of alteration signatures close to what a fumarole system would look like!
Getting to work
Using the Spectral Evolution infrared spectrometer (field portable) to go through rows of rock. Each box contained ~10ft of drill core. We took measurements based on where the alteration is since we are trying to assess the subsurface environment. Dr. Nicole Lautze joined us towards when we finished the KMA and went onto the Lanai core.
Hard work pays off
This only shows the ~2000 + ft of the KMA core that was stored at the PTA base! We were ahead of schedule!
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