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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 015%   Sect: CC
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   167.90    Silt: 005%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   169.50    Clay: 080%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (09%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);
ZIRCON (00%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (06%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1270       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.27    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD CLAY

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



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1330       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.33    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD CLAY

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



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.35    Clay: 005%

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (60%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (26%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1370       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.37    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

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



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.48    Clay: 018%

Age : EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (18%);  DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (71%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.50    Clay: 070%

Age : EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (23%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.55    Clay: 045%

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (45%);  RADIOLARIA (49%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   120       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.62    Clay: 050%

Age : EOCENE
Name: MANGANESE LAYER

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (10%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   330       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.83    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: LATITE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (06%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.90    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  QUARTZ (55%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.92    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD OOZE

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



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   250.93    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   252.00    Clay: 045%

Age : EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (45%);  QUARTZ (01%);  RADIOLARIA (48%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  2    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole:   8   Top Core Depth(m):   249.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   252.85    Clay:

Age : EOCENE
Name: QTZ-RICH SPICULITE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (45%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (07%);  SPICULE (43%);

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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