Slide: WD_108_4

Similar to those in Nasilai tempers (Rewa Delta, Fiji). Common plutonic quartz grains, altered and calcic plagioclase grains, K-feldspar,hornblende and clinopyroxene. Sands of probable fluvial origin volcanic and metavolcanic rocks with felsitic to microlitic internal textures; sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks including microgranular siltstone or hornfels, foliated slate or phyllite, chert, and argillite; and microgranular hypabyssal or plutonic igneous rocks.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr171 - Rewa Delta orogen

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%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
0 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 microphaneritic, felsitic, microlitic, siltstone, tectonite, chert

Images

550 has a full slide scan available. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.


Sherd: 550

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Ho'oumi (Nuku Hiva)

Suspected origin site:

References:

120 Nuku Hiva, Marquesas 1995 (Dickinson, W.)

142 Nasilai, Rewa Delta, Viti Levu, Fiji 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

172 Natunuku Viti Lefu, Fiji (Dickinson, W.)

176 Karobo, Viti Levu, Fiji, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)

188 Viti Levu, Fiji, 1999 (Dickinson, W.)