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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   191.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   191.90    Clay:

Name: HARD SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FELDSPAR (30%);  ZOISITE (42%);  CARBONATE (10%);
AUTHIGENIC SILICA (10%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   191.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   192.00    Clay: 030%

Name: SILTSTONE SAND

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (50%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
PYRITE (01%);  EPIDOTE (02%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):  1020       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   191.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   192.02    Clay:


Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (50%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
PYRITE (01%);  DOLOMITE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (05%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   200.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   200.60    Clay: 060%

Name: SILTY CLAYSTONE

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (50%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  EPIDOTE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   240       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   210.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   210.24    Clay: 010%

Name: QUARTZ WITH FELDSPAR SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (50%);  FELDSPAR (30%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (10%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   210.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   210.87    Clay: 030%

Name: VARVES

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (10%);
PYRITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (20%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (10%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 002%   Sect: CC
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   219.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   219.60    Clay: 038%

Name: QUARTZ SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (70%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  ZEOLITE (03%);
PLANT DEBRIS (05%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   229.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   229.75    Clay: 060%

Name: HYDROTHERMAL CLAYEY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  MICA (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (30%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (15%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   790       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   229.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   229.79    Clay: 040%


Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (50%);  FELDSPAR (35%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (05%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   238.50    Silt:
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :   238.52    Clay:

Name: DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (30%);  PLANT DEBRIS (05%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   238.50    Silt:
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :   238.70    Clay:

Name: HYDROTHERMAL SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (17%);  FELDSPAR (17%);  ZEOLITE (29%);
CARBONATE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (11%);  ZIRCON (01%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   238.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :   239.40    Clay: 080%

Name: FINE GRAY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZOISITE (67%);  CARBONATE (00%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   238.50    Silt:
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :   239.80    Clay:

Name: QUARTZ SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (80%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (10%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   248.00    Silt:
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   248.03    Clay:

Name: AUTHIGENIC MINERAL SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (70%);  ZEOLITE (10%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 477A  Top Core Depth(m):   248.00    Silt:
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   248.05    Clay:

Name: POACHED SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  PYRITE (03%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (07%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (15%);

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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.