Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    46.64    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAPROPEL

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (06%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (30%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   740       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    46.74    Clay: 075%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL WITH VOLC GLAS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
DIATOM (06%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):  1220       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    47.22    Clay: 090%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (02%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   690       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    48.19    Clay: 090%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (06%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    49.14    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAPROPELIC MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  PYRITE (05%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (30%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   670       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    49.67    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  PTEROPOD (02%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    50.97    Clay: 090%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.33    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL (SAPROPEL)

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PYRITE (06%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (25%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 007%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.65    Clay: 093%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   280.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   280.60    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);  PYRITE (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  0
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   293.37    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO BEARING SAPROPEL

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (30%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   895       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   294.31    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   294.99    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (60%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   790       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   295.71    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   720       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   297.14    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (04%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   299.32    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   300.07    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   300.72    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: SAPROPELIC NANNO MARL

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   301.82    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):  1290       Sand: 010%   Sect:  6
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   302.21    Clay: 090%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (55%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):    40       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   302.50    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   302.54    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: SLIGHTLY SAPROPELIC MARL

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (03%);  PYRITE (06%);
CARBONATE (35%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (20%);



Leg : 42    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 378A  Top Core Depth(m):   302.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   302.58    Clay: 090%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  PYRITE (02%);
CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);

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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