Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.10    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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MICA (10%);  PYRITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.40    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: TERRIGENOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PYRITE (10%);
CARBONATE (20%);  HORNBLENDE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (52%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 075%   Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.45    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SUBFELDISPATHIC LITHIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  PYRITE (25%);
HORNBLENDE (10%);  EPIDOTE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   130       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.63    Clay: 085%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

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



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.97    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PYRITIC-DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (20%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  HORNBLENDE (05%);  ZIRCON (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):    84.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    84.10    Clay: 075%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  PYRITE (15%);  HORNBLENDE (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   140.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   141.60    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
PYRITE (05%);  EPIDOTE (01%);  HORNBLENDE (07%);
CLAY MINERAL (60%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  DIATOM (05%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   140.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   141.60    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SUBFELDISPATHIC LITHIC ARENITE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (80%);  PYRITE (10%);  EPIDOTE (02%);
HORNBLENDE (05%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   206.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   207.15    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (10%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);  HORNBLENDE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   890       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   206.00    Silt: 017%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   208.39    Clay: 080%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PYRITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (10%);  PYRITE (15%);
HORNBLENDE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (03%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand: 070%   Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   206.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   208.42    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SUBFELDISPATHIC LITHIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (80%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  PYRITE (04%);
CARBONATE (02%);  HORNBLENDE (10%);  EPIDOTE (03%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 070%   Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   206.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   208.70    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SUBFELDISPATHIC LITHIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (85%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  PYRITE (05%);
HORNBLENDE (05%);  EPIDOTE (01%);  DIATOM (01%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   890       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   206.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   209.89    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (15%);  PYRITE (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   263.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   264.30    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAMINIFERAL MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   263.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   264.40    Clay: 085%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PYRITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (10%);  PYRITE (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);
NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 131A  Top Core Depth(m):   263.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   264.55    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (05%);  PYRITE (25%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (10%);

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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