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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
PYRITE (02%);  DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: RAD SPONGE BEARING DIATOM RICH CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.40    Clay: 083%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOM RICH DETRITAL CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   570       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.57    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);  GLASS (01%);
PALAGONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.90    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);  PYRITE (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICA FOSSIL RICH GREY GREEN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (73%);
PYRITE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.75    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CLAYEY SILICEOUS OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
DIATOM (65%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.15    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: GLASSY ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (80%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
PYRITE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.50    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICA FOSSIL RICH GREY GREEN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);
GLASS (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  PYRITE (01%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.75    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH DETRITAL CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);
GLASS (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   490       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.99    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: RAD & DIATOM BEARING DETRITAL CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (90%);  CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 34    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 320A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.40    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: RAD+DIATOM BEARING DETRITAL CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (00%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
DIATOM (08%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);

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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