Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   50/ 350  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.05    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.35    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.30
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0        27        74           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : DIATOM DETRITAL CLAY                                        
Screen Lith    : DIATOM RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENT              
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  350/ 610  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.35    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.61    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.26
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      4        25        71           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS FOSSILFEROUS CLAY                                 
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENT                          
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  610/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.61    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.89
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      2        30        68           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY                                       
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENT                          
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      4        25        71       1.26/ 86            146
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY                                       
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENT                          
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      2        70        28       1.26/ 86            146
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILICA FOSSIL RICH CLAY                                     
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH DIATOM OOZE                               
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     35        50        28       1.29/ 84            146
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : SILICA FOSSIL RICH CLAY                                     
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH DIATOM OOZE                               
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    Age: 
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      4        20        76       1.29/ 84            145
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH DETRITAL CLAY                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENTSTONE                     
 
 
 
Leg : 34    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 320A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: QUATERNARY
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      7        14        80       1.28/ 85            115
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY CLAY                                                  
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLASTIC SEDIMENT

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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