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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.60    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);
GLASS (23%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.40    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);
GLASS (23%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);
GLASS (23%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.50    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);
GLASS (06%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.80    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);
GLASS (04%);  MICRONODULE (04%);  ZEOLITE (36%);
CLAY MINERAL (36%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  IRON (04%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    38.75    Clay: 070%

Age : CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

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



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):    56.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    58.10    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER ALBIAN
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (04%);  GLASS (04%);  MICRONODULE (04%);
ZEOLITE (34%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
IRON (04%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):    84.50    Silt: 001%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    84.60    Clay: 099%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: ZEOLITE BEARING CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (06%);  GLASS (06%);  MICRONODULE (06%);
ZEOLITE (23%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   103.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   103.10    Clay: 050%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: RADIOLARIAN BEARING ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (06%);  GLASS (23%);
PYRITE (06%);  ZEOLITE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);
RADIOLARIA (23%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   158.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   158.25    Clay: 095%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: RADIOLARIAN CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);
GLASS (04%);  ZEOLITE (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (38%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  RADIOLARIA (38%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   970       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   195.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   195.97    Clay: 095%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (06%);  GLASS (06%);  DOLOMITE (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   232.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   233.33    Clay: 080%

Age : NEOCOMIAN
Name: DOLOMITE BEARING NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (06%);  GLASS (06%);  DOLOMITE (23%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   270.00    Silt: 001%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :   271.60    Clay: 099%

Age : VALANGINIAN
Name: DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE BEARING NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (36%);  DOLOMITE (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (36%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  OTHER SILICEOUS (04%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   297.50    Silt:
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   298.60    Clay:

Age : NEOCOMIAN
Name: LIMONITE BEARING SILICEOUS CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (16%);  CLAY MINERAL (38%);
CHALCEDONY (38%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   297.50    Silt: 001%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   298.85    Clay: 099%

Age : NEOCOMIAN
Name: HEMATITE VEIN

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (55%);  PALAGONITE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);
DOLOMITE (06%);  CHALCEDONY (23%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 307   Top Core Depth(m):   297.50    Silt: 001%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   298.98    Clay: 099%

Age : NEOCOMIAN
Name: SILICEOUS VOLCANIC CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  PALAGONITE (31%);  CLAY MINERAL (31%);
CHALCEDONY (31%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);

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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