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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.00    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (11%);  FELDSPAR (11%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (14%);  PYRITE (11%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);
DOLOMITE (03%);  IRON (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (37%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    33.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (03%);
PYRITE (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (06%);  RUTILE (11%);
CLAY MINERAL (37%);  IRON (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (33%);
PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    35.00    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: HEMIPELAGIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  GLAUCONITE (04%);
PYRITE (04%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
RUTILE (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (53%);  IRON (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (12%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    36.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: HEMIPELAGIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (14%);  PYRITE (11%);  ZEOLITE (03%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (37%);
IRON (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (09%);  PLANT DEBRIS (11%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    38.00    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  PYRITE (15%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (02%);  DOLOMITE (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (49%);
RUTILE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (09%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand: 010%   Sect:  6
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    39.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (16%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (16%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (25%);  CLAY MINERAL (22%);
RUTILE (07%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    41.10    Clay: 060%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (14%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PYROXENE (02%);
MICA (14%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);  ARAGONITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (06%);
CARBONATE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (14%);  IRON (06%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ROCK FRAGMENT (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (34%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (06%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    68.50    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: HEMIPELAGIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  GLASS (03%);
PYRITE (11%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (37%);
DOLOMITE (03%);  RUTILE (11%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);
PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    70.00    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: HEMIPELAGIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (03%);
GLAUCONITE (03%);  PYRITE (13%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);
DOLOMITE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (43%);  RUTILE (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (09%);  PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    71.50    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: HEMIPELAGIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (08%);
PYRITE (15%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (49%);
RUTILE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (12%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    73.00    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (14%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);
RUTILE (14%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (14%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 11    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 101   Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    74.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (17%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PYROXENE (02%);
MICA (16%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (50%);  ARAGONITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (07%);  CARBONATE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (17%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
IRON (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (24%);

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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