Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.10    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GREY SANDY SILT WITH VOLCANICS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  PYROXENE (02%);
MICA (08%);  GLASS (08%);  PALAGONITE (08%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (13%);  ZEOLITE (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (27%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.40    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GREY VOLCANIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (13%);  PYROXENE (04%);
MICA (32%);  GLASS (04%);  PYRITE (13%);
CARBONATE (13%);  ZEOLITE (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.80    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  PYROXENE (08%);
MICA (20%);  GLASS (03%);  PALAGONITE (27%);
PYRITE (08%);  CARBONATE (07%);  ZEOLITE (08%);
FORAMINIFERA (08%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   860       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.86    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE VEIN

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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ZEOLITE (75%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.93    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FINE-GRAINED SILTY VOLCANOGENIC SANDSTONE WITH CHLORITE MATTER

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FELDSPAR (09%);  PYROXENE (09%);  MICA (22%);
GLASS (32%);  PALAGONITE (22%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (00%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.20    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FINE-GRAINED SILTY VOLCANOGENIC SANDSTONE WITH CHLORITE MATTER

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (23%);  PYROXENE (23%);
GLASS (75%);  CARBONATE (00%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.40    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FINE-GRAINED SILTY VOLCANOGENIC SANDSTONE WITH CHLORITE MATTER + ARENAC
Name: FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (10%);  GLASS (34%);  PALAGONITE (24%);
PYRITE (10%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.60    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (13%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  GLASS (32%);
PYRITE (13%);  ZEOLITE (04%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
HEAVY MINERAL (13%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (04%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    58.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.60    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GREY CLAYEY SILTY CLAY RICH OF PLANKTONICS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (09%);  FELDSPAR (09%);  PYROXENE (02%);
MICA (09%);  GLASS (04%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
PYRITE (09%);  CARBONATE (16%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):    87.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    90.10    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY VOLCANIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (22%);  PYROXENE (22%);
GLASS (20%);  PALAGONITE (22%);  PYRITE (10%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   101.68    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY MONTMORILLONITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (14%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (03%);  GLASS (14%);  PYRITE (14%);
MONTMORILLONITE (45%);  CARBONATE (00%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1240       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   102.74    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANOGENIC MONTMORILLONITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (23%);  PYROXENE (06%);
MICA (23%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
ZEOLITE (23%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   103.00    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANOGENIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (09%);  PYROXENE (09%);
MICA (09%);  GLASS (09%);  PALAGONITE (29%);
PYRITE (09%);  ZEOLITE (09%);  CARBONATE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (09%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):   107.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   107.00    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANOGENIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (11%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (11%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (26%);
PYRITE (03%);  ZEOLITE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (11%);
NANNOFOSSIL (03%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 115   Top Core Depth(m):   175.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   175.75    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY VOLCANOGENIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (00%);  FELDSPAR (09%);  PYROXENE (02%);
MICA (09%);  GLASS (09%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (04%);  ZEOLITE (22%);
FORAMINIFERA (09%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);

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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