Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.25    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO TO NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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ZEOLITE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (75%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.75    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO FORAM TO FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (55%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO TO NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);  GLASS (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (65%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.01    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (01%);  IRON (02%);
ZEOLITE (01%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.60    Clay:

Name: NANNO FORAM CALCAREOUS OOZE TO FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  IRON (01%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.60    Clay:

Name: FERRUGINOUS ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  GLASS (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);
ZEOLITE (40%);  IRON (15%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   181.25    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):  1160       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   184.66    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   185.82    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: RADIOLARIAN DEBRIS

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (75%);  SPICULE (55%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   185.95    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (39%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
SPICULE (04%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   189.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   180.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   189.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);
RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (39%);



Leg : 33    Top Int Depth(mm):  1160       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 317   Top Core Depth(m):   342.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   343.16    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (37%);  NANNOFOSSIL (51%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (04%);

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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