Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 090%   Sect:  2
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.70    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: QUARTZOSE SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (88%);  PYRITE (05%);  EPIDOTE (02%);
HORNBLENDE (05%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    33.20    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (45%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PYRITE (10%);
HORNBLENDE (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  EPIDOTE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (07%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   240       Sand: 003%   Sect:  3
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 032%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    33.24    Clay: 075%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
PYRITE (10%);  EPIDOTE (02%);  HORNBLENDE (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (07%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   570       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    35.07    Clay: 075%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (15%);
PYRITE (10%);  HORNBLENDE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  BRYOZOA (01%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    35.10    Clay: 080%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (10%);
PYRITE (05%);  CARBONATE (10%);  EPIDOTE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (56%);  DIATOM (02%);
CALCAREOUS SPICULE (05%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   120       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    36.12    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PYRITIC-DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (15%);
PYRITE (15%);  HORNBLENDE (05%);  EPIDOTE (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (45%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    38.00    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (07%);  PYRITE (05%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);  HORNBLENDE (03%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 131   Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    39.10    Clay:

Name: QUARTZOSE SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (90%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (03%);

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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