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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):    10       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    30.01    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (03%);  CARBONATE (07%);  DOLOMITE (10%);
GYPSUM (05%);  OOLITE (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (77%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 009%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    30.73    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (11%);  PYRITE (05%);
IRON (01%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  SIDERITE (03%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (80%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 009%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    30.80    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (06%);  PYRITE (02%);
SIDERITE (01%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (89%);
OOLITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1080       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 013%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    31.08    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (07%);  PYRITE (05%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (88%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (81%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    31.45    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  PYRITE (02%);  IRON (04%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  GYPSUM (04%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (80%);
FORAMINIFERA (17%);  NANNOFOSSIL (67%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    31.50    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (03%);
DOLOMITE (05%);  OOLITE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (77%);
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand: 025%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.86    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (07%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (83%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1430       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.93    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (07%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (83%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (68%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1490       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 017%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.99    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (09%);  PYRITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (03%);  LIMONITE (02%);  IRON (02%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    33.10    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (15%);  GLASS (03%);
DOLOMITE (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (72%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.20    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    40.45    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (10%);  PYRITE (02%);
IRON (03%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (77%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (52%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.20    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    41.12    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (15%);
DOLOMITE (10%);  IRON (07%);  GYPSUM (03%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (65%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   660       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.20    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    41.36    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: SAPROPELIC MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  PYRITE (15%);  IRON (04%);
LIMONITE (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (69%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);
NANNOFOSSIL (44%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.20    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    41.50    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (07%);
DOLOMITE (10%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (81%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (61%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1140       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.20    Silt: 008%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    41.84    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (03%);  PYRITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (92%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    48.55    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (07%);  PYRITE (03%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (85%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1440       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    49.44    Clay: 089%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (03%);  PYRITE (02%);
IRON (01%);  DOLOMITE (01%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (90%);
SPICULE (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    53.22    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  IRON (05%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (75%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   480       Sand: 045%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    53.48    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DETRITAL SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  MICA (02%);  DOLOMITE (15%);
GYPSUM (10%);  ANHYDRITE (05%);  OOLITE (02%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (65%);  FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    53.70    Clay: 088%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (03%);
DOLOMITE (01%);  IRON (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (88%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    55.50    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
MICA (10%);  QUARTZ (05%);  LIMONITE (07%);
DOLOMITE (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (76%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (53%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1220       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    55.72    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (01%);
IRON (02%);  LIMONITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (01%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (88%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (82%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    53.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    56.10    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (07%);  PYRITE (05%);
IRON (03%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (83%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    62.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    63.32    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  PYRITE (05%);  DOLOMITE (15%);
OOLITE (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (80%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);
NANNOFOSSIL (41%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    62.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    64.15    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DOLOMITIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
MICA (05%);  DOLOMITE (10%);  IRON (03%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (92%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    62.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    66.48    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (02%);
IRON (03%);  LIMONITE (03%);  DOLOMITE (01%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (86%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 002%   Sect:  4
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    62.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    67.65    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
MICA (05%);  PYRITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
LIMONITE (01%);  IRON (03%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (89%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    71.83    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (17%);  PYRITE (07%);
DOLOMITE (25%);  GYPSUM (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (60%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.18    Clay: 070%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  PYRITE (10%);  DOLOMITE (07%);
OOLITE (05%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (75%);  NANNOFOSSIL (68%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.23    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (15%);  DOLOMITE (15%);
OOLITE (10%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (55%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (37%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.30    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: DOLOMITE PEBBLES

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (03%);  DOLOMITE (97%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.40    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GYPSUM (07%);  PYRITE (05%);  ANHYDRITE (88%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.40    Clay: 059%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ANHYDRITE (95%);  GYPSUM (03%);  PYRITE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 001%   Sect: CC
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 089%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    72.60    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (05%);  DOLOMITE (01%);  ANHYDRITE (92%);
IRON (01%);  GYPSUM (01%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    80.00    Silt:
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    80.10    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: OOLITIC ANHYDRITE




Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    80.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    80.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (07%);  LIMONITE (01%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
GYPSUM (10%);  ANHYDRITE (67%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    89.00    Silt: 039%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    90.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ANHYDRITE (88%);  PYRITE (07%);  GYPSUM (05%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 125A  Top Core Depth(m):    98.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    99.20    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ANHYDRITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYRITE (07%);  GYPSUM (13%);  ANHYDRITE (80%);

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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