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Day 16 - August 6, 2013


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In the early morning hours we mapped Tauasa Seamount, to the East of the last dredge site, and to the Southeast of Nui. We only recovered 3 basalts, but one was a large sample with olivine, clinopyroxene and plagioclase phenocrysts, as well as matrix feldspar defining a trachytic texture: a great sample. After this dredge, we mapped the South side of Nukufetau Island, and dredged its Southeast (minor) rift zone, obtaining several basalt samples.

- Jasper Konter