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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  400/ 470  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  191.40    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  191.47    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.07
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : SANDSTONE                                                   
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  500/1400  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  191.50    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  192.40    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.90
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : SANDSTONE                                                   
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  200.60    Age: 
Core:   6   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  200.80    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SAND (ZOISITE?)                                             
Screen Lith    : SAND                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 770  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  210.00    Age: 
Core:   7   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  210.77    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.77
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY HASH                                                  
Screen Lith    : SAND                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 230  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  210.87    Age: 
Core:   7   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  211.10    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.23
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY HASH                                                  
Screen Lith    : SAND                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 290  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  219.60    Age: 
Core:   8   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  219.89    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.29
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY SANDSTONE                                             
Screen Lith    : ISOTROPIC MINERAL RICH SANDSTONE                            
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 900  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  229.00    Age: 
Core:   9   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  229.90    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.90
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY SAND TO SANDSTONE                                     
Screen Lith    : ISOTROPIC MINERAL RICH SANDSTONE                            
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  100/ 280  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  230.00    Age: 
Core:   9   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  230.18    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.18
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY SAND TO SANDSTONE                                     
Screen Lith    : ISOTROPIC MINERAL RICH SANDSTONE                            
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1000  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  238.50    Age: 
Core:  10   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  239.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : CLAYSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : CLAYSTONE                                                   
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  239.80    Age: 
Core:  10   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  240.00    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : COARSE SANDS                                                
Screen Lith    : SAND                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 550  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  248.00    Age: 
Core:  11   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  248.55    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.55
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : ALTERED TURBIDITE(?)                                        
Screen Lith    : CLASTIC SEDIMENT                                            
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  257.61    Age: 
Core:  12   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  257.86    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.25
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : SANDSTONE                                                   
 
 
 
Leg : 64    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 477A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: 
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.25    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.25
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     50        35        96           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILICIC DOLOMITE                                            
Screen Lith    : OTHER SILICEOUS RICH DOLOMITE

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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices.