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Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   106.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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DIATOM (55%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   590       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   107.59    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (55%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   110.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (55%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   111.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (55%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   105.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   111.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (55%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   216.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   216.85    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);
DIATOM (06%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   216.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   217.20    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  IRON (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (75%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   216.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   218.42    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1410       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   216.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   218.91    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANOGENIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);
ZEOLITE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   216.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   219.10    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   235.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   244.10    Clay: 060%

Age : APTIAN
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (12%);  ZEOLITE (55%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   281.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   282.25    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CHERT FRAGMENT (23%);  GLASS (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (23%);  RADIOLARIA (23%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   281.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   282.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: CHERT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CHERT FRAGMENT (55%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   290.00    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   291.15    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   318.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   319.23    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   327.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :   327.10    Clay: 085%

Age : NEOCOMIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (06%);  CHERT FRAGMENT (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 304   Top Core Depth(m):   331.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  14   Sample Depth (m) :   334.10    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CHERT FRAGMENT (06%);  IRON (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



    

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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