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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  400/ 400  Sample Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.40
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1450/1450  Sample Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.45
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (RARE/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA (FEW/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1300/1300  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     2.80
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1450/1450  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     2.95
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA (PRESENT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     4.10
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  130/ 130  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     4.63
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  330/ 330  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     4.83
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:    13      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (TRACE/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA SP.(Q) (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  500/ 500  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.00
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA SP.(Q) (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 700  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.20
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS NEOHELIS (Q) (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  900/ 900  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.40
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.60
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1310/1310  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.81
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     8      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 PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1450/1450  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.95
Sect:  4    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 PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (TRACE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (FEW/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     6.10
Sect: CC    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 PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (TRACE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA SP.(Q) (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):    26.50   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    26.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (TRACE/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (TRACE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SELLII (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):    36.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    37.10
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1100/1100  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):    36.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    38.60
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (RARE/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 281A  Depth Top of Core(m):    36.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    39.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS AMPLIFICUS (TRACE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS S. AMPL. (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (TRACE/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (TRACE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (ABUNDANT/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (PRESENT/)
  SCYPHOSPHAERA SP. (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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