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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.05    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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ZEOLITE (80%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.10    Clay: 040%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  ZEOLITE (60%);  FELDSPAR (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.15    Clay: 040%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  ZEOLITE (60%);  FELDSPAR (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.22    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (80%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   240       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.24    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC FELDSPAR SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (10%);  FELDSPAR (80%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.35    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (80%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   390       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.39    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (80%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   115.85    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC? CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (90%);  FELDSPAR (10%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   156.98    Clay: 040%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PUMICE (99%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1220       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.02    Clay: 045%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ZEOLITE SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PUMICE (99%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.15    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ALTERED VOLCANICS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PUMICE (99%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt: 070%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.25    Clay: 030%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ALTERED VOLCANICS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PUMICE (99%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt: 080%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.37    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (80%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.44    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC ALTERED PYROCLASTICS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.70    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC ALTERED PYROCLASTICS




Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   157.94    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ALTERED PYROCLASTICS WITH ZEOLITES

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (01%);  GLASS (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   155.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   158.70    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ALTERED PYROCLASTICS WITH ZEOLITES

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (01%);  GLASS (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1260       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   206.96    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (51%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  VOLC MATERIAL FRAG (01%);
PYRITE (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   207.00    Clay: 100%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  ZEOLITE (45%);  PYRITE (05%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   207.06    Clay: 100%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC SLIGHTLY DOLOMITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  ZEOLITE (50%);  DOLOMITE (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1430       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   207.13    Clay: 100%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: VERY FINE GRAINED ZEOLITIC SLIGHTLY DOLOMITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (45%);  ZEOLITE (50%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
FELDSPAR (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1490       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   207.19    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: DOLOMITIC ZEOLITIC MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  ZEOLITE (25%);  DOLOMITE (50%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  PYRITE (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  12B  Top Core Depth(m):   205.70    Silt: 080%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   207.30    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: DOLOMITE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
DOLOMITE (80%);  MICA (20%);

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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