Figure F48. Thin section photomicrographs, Site U1375. A. Moderately olivine(-augite)-phyric microgabbro from Unit I (Sample 330-U1375B-1R-1, 1–3 cm; Thin Section 227) (with crossed polars). B. Close-up of moderately porphyritic intergranular holocrystalline texture (Sample 330-U1375B-1R-1, 56–57 cm; Thin Section 228) (with crossed polars). Groundmass texture is characterized by tabular plagioclase with anhedral crystals of augite in the interstices.
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