Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 085%   Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (23%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
BARITE (75%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):     2.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     2.10    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: HIGHLY ZEOLITIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (12%);  GLASS (06%);  PYRITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (55%);  MICRONODULE (23%);  IRON (06%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    39.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    39.10    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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ZEOLITE (03%);  IRON (16%);  CARBONATE (01%);
DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (32%);  SPICULE (32%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (13%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):   490       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    43.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: RADIOLARIAN BEARING ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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RADIOLARIA (75%);  SPICULE (55%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    50.10    Clay: 060%

Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLASS (06%);  ZEOLITE (55%);  IRON (61%);
CARBONATE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    57.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    61.60    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO BEARING ZEOLITIC RADIOLARIAN CLAY AND CHERT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PALAGONITE (03%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  IRON (11%);
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (11%);  RADIOLARIA (37%);
SPICULE (27%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    76.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    76.10    Clay:

Name: ZEOLITIC AND RADIOLARIAN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  ZEOLITE (75%);  IRON (23%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 168   Top Core Depth(m):    76.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    76.10    Clay: 060%

Name: ZEOLITIC AND RADIOLARIAN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (04%);  ZEOLITE (14%);  MANGANESE (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  IRON (15%);  CARBONATE (02%);
RADIOLARIA (33%);  SPICULE (33%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);

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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