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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 007%   Sect:  1
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 023%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.90    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
GLASS (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (66%);  ZEOLITE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.97    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (07%);
GLASS (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.30    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: TRANSITIONAL BIOGENIC CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (02%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 015%   Sect: CC
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: TRANSITIONAL BIOGENIC CALC NANNO MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);
GLASS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   121.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   121.80    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (03%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  CARBONATE (05%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   121.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   122.23    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (20%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (03%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   121.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   122.65    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (64%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 007%   Sect:  2
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   121.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   123.55    Clay: 043%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (72%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 025%   Sect: CC
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   121.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   124.10    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (61%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (05%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 070%   Sect:  3
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   128.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   131.20    Clay: 005%

Age : EOCENE
Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (60%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (10%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   128.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   132.00    Clay: 060%

Age : EOCENE
Name: DEVITRIFIED VOLC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  MICA (05%);
PALAGONITE (80%);  ZEOLITE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 040%   Sect: CC
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   128.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   132.60    Clay: 020%

Age : EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (10%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (45%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   188.10    Clay: 090%

Age : EOCENE
Name: CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   188.92    Clay: 040%

Age : EOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (20%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (51%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 020%   Sect: CC
Hole: 347   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   190.10    Clay: 030%

Name: CALC SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (10%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (49%);
GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  CARBONATE (25%);

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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