Site: Yap

Island: Yap


Fabrics:

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
tpr272 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap metavolcanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Carolines
tpr36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carolines
tpr38 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic
Yap hybrid calcareous 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Carolines
tpr40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 metavolcanic
Yap grog metavolcanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Carolines
tpr41 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 chert
Palau-Yap quartzose grog 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Carolines
tpr42 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 microphaneritic
Yap quartzose 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carolines

Slides:

Slide Fabric Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_9_4 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_2 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_5 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_7 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_8 tpr272 (Yap metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_10 tpr36 (Yap hybrid) Yap 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_12 tpr36 (Yap hybrid) Yap 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_10_11 tpr38 (Yap hybrid calcareous) Yap 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 metavolcanic
WD_9_15 tpr40 (Yap grog metavolcanic) Yap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 metavolcanic
WD_9_14 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_9_1 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_9_13 tpr41 (Palau-Yap quartzose grog) Yap 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 chert
WD_9_16 tpr42 (Yap quartzose) Yap 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_9_17 tpr42 (Yap quartzose) Yap 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microphaneritic
WD_9_20 tpr42 (Yap quartzose) Yap 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 microphaneritic

WD_9_4

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Sherd 19-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Metavolcanic greenschist, schist micaceous.


WD_9_2

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Sherd 47-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_2 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Detritus derived mostly from metavolcanic greenschist.


WD_9_5

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Sherd 19-4 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Micaceous metavolcanic greenschist.


WD_9_7

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Sherd 43-3 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_7 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Yap natural metavolcanic.


WD_9_8

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Sherd 43-8 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_8 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Yap natural metavolcanic.


WD_9_10

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Sherd 14 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_10 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_9_12

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Sherd 16 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_12 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Temper in which calcareous grains are dominant, but are admixed with minor amounts of Yap metavolcanics.


WD_10_11

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Sherd 15 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_10_11 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Temper indistinguishable from temper in sherds from Palau.


WD_9_15

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Sherd 18 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_15 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Broken-sherd temper in which metavolcanic lithics indistinguishable from those of Yap metavolcanic temper also occur.


WD_9_14

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Sherd 17 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_14 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Broken-sherd temper, with quartzose and cherty grains.


WD_9_1

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Sherd 13 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_1 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Broken-sherd temper in which quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.


WD_9_13

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Sherd 12 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_13 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Broken-sherd temper in which quartzose and cherty grains are abundant.


WD_9_16

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Sherd 19-6 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_16 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image or full slide in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Quartzose temper with quartz and polycrystalline quartz-albite fragments with microgranular texture, also present albite, epidote, and clinopyroxene.


WD_9_17

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Sherd 43-5 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_17 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Quartzose.


WD_9_20

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Sherd 43-1 from Yap (Yap). Slide WD_9_20 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Quartzose.


References:

016 Yap 1967 (Dickinson, W.)

075 Yap, Palau 1978 (Dickinson, W.)

089 Yap 1981 (Dickinson, W.)