Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : QUATERNARY
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):     4.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :     4.10   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  350/ 350  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    23.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    23.35   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SCYPHOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PRIMUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    23.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    25.60   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER ASYMMETRICUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TAMALIS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SCYPHOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PRIMUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    23.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    27.10   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PRIMUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    32.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    33.60   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  DICTYOCOCCITES ABISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TRINIDADENSIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    32.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    35.10   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES ABISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TRINIDADENSIS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   00/  00  Sample Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    32.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    35.60   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES ABISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TRINIDADENSIS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    42.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    43.10   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES ABISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TRINIDADENSIS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS BELEMNOS (RARE/)



Leg : 26    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   00/  00  Sample Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole: 255   Depth Top of Core(m):    61.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    61.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS SOLITUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA FORMOSA (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES DICTYODUS (RARE/)
  FASCICULITHUS INVOLUTUS (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (RARE/)
  ZYGOLITHUS DUBIUS (RARE/)

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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