Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 045%   Sect: CC
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (35%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);
LIMONITE (05%);  GLAUCONITE (10%);  PYRITE (05%);
PYROXENE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   119.68    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (20%);
PYROXENE (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);  TOURMALINE (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   119.80    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: LIMONITE NODULE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
LIMONITE (99%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1310       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   119.81    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  MICA (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (10%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
LIMONITE (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   119.86    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  PYRITE (05%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  LIMONITE (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   120.25    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);
LIMONITE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   120.30    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   120.55    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
LIMONITE (05%);  CARBONATE (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   690       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   120.69    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY ?

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
OPAQUE MINERAL (99%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   122.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (35%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  LIMONITE (05%);  APATITE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   118.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   123.10    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);  LIMONITE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   261.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   262.42    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (20%);  GLAUCONITE (10%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 080%   Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   261.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   262.80    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (60%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (15%);
CHERT FRAGMENT (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);  CARBONATE (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1340       Sand: 095%   Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   261.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   263.84    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (80%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CHERT FRAGMENT (05%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   261.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   263.95    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (35%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  LIMONITE (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
CARBONATE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  OTHER SILICEOUS (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 353   Top Core Depth(m):   261.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   264.10    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (15%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
CARBONATE (02%);  LIMONITE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (15%);

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.

Please see NOAA's privacy and disclaimer information. Send questions or comments to mgg.info@noaa.gov.

Department of Commerce > NOAA > NESDIS > NCEI > doi:10.7289/V54M92G2