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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 079%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILT-RICH CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  IRON (25%);  GLASS (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand: 002%   Sect:  3
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.14    Clay: 080%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: GLASS-BEARING CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  IRON (20%);  GLASS (12%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  ZEOLITE (00%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.20    Clay: 079%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  GLASS (13%);
CLAY MINERAL (34%);  ZEOLITE (07%);  MICA (00%);
AMPHIBOLE (00%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 001%   Sect:  4
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.30    Clay: 089%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FE-RICH CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
IRON (25%);  GLASS (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);
ZEOLITE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):  1470       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 008%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.97    Clay: 092%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (07%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
ZEOLITE (03%);  CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.10    Clay: 087%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  IRON (20%);
CLAY MINERAL (68%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    45.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    47.75    Clay: 095%

Name: FE-RICH CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);  GLASS (02%);
IRON (20%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    74.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    75.75    Clay: 100%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  IRON (07%);  GLASS (12%);
CLAY MINERAL (65%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    74.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    80.65    Clay:

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (77%);  GLASS (10%);
PALAGONITE (08%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    74.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    80.90    Clay: 100%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  IRON (20%);  GLASS (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (68%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    74.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    81.60    Clay: 098%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);
IRON (35%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (58%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    93.00    Silt: 003%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    95.15    Clay: 097%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (92%);  IRON (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    93.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    98.50    Clay:

Name: PALAGONITE ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
PALAGONITE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand: 002%   Sect:  4
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    93.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    99.00    Clay: 063%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);  IRON (35%);  ZEOLITE (20%);
CLAY MINERAL (39%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):    93.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    99.20    Clay:

Name: MANGANIFEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (66%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):  1410       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   106.91    Clay:

Name: FERRUGINOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (80%);  IRON (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 294   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   107.10    Clay: 100%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);

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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