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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    19.50    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD




Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    21.20    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
PTEROPOD (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    21.90    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    22.65    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  PTEROPOD (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 003%   Sect:  3
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 027%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    23.70    Clay: 070%

Name: NANNO CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    57.60    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    58.50    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    66.80    Silt: 017%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    68.30    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    66.80    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    69.13    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    66.80    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    69.13    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):    66.80    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    70.55    Clay: 050%

Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  PYRITE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (56%);
PTEROPOD (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):   101.50    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   101.90    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  CARBONATE (00%);  DOLOMITE (01%);
PYRITE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):   101.50    Silt: 079%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   102.95    Clay: 020%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: DISCOASTER OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):   101.50    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   103.14    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):   136.30    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   137.20    Clay:

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: CAPROCK (CARBONATE)

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GYPSUM (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   2   Top Core Depth(m):   136.30    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   138.25    Clay:

Name: CALCITE CAPROCK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (95%);  ANHYDRITE (01%);

Introduction


Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified 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 (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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