Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  600/ 600  Sample Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.60
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (PRESENT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 800  Sample Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.80
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (COMMON/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA STYLIFERA (TRACE/)
  RHABDOTHORAX REGALE (TRACE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  900/ 900  Sample Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.90
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1000/1000  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLIOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.00
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (ABUNDANT/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1050/1050  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.05
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (FEW/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  CORONOCYCLAS PRIONION (RARE/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.10
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SELLII (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1200/1200  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.20
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    14      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (COMMON/)
  CORONOCYCLAS PRIONION (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER SP. (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (PRESENT/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 279   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    15      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (COMMON/)
  CORONOCYCLAS PRIONION (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOLITHINA SEGMENTA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (RARE/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)

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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