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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.20    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (25%);  LIMONITE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.25    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
ZIRCON (02%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (05%);
CARBONATE (25%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   340       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.34    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

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



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.45    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (69%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  LIMONITE (10%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   660       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.66    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

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



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.15    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  LIMONITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.32    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  CARBONATE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.58    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

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



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   310       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.81    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.87    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
LIMONITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.93    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
CARBONATE (14%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1020       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.52    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  LIMONITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1390       Sand: 100%   Sect:  2
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.89    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (70%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (15%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 040%   Sect: CC
Hole: 353A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.10    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (35%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  LIMONITE (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);

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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