Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   970       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.47    Clay: 069%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (35%);  GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (23%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.55    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (23%);  QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  PYRITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (27%);  RUTILE (01%);
EPIDOTE (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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NANNOFOSSIL (37%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.88    Clay: 048%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (22%);  QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  PYRITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);  SIDERITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 048%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.30    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (09%);  QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (08%);  PYRITE (01%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (68%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1110       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 057%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    53.11    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    66.85    Clay: 058%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: SILTY MARLY LIMESTONE (MARL)

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (52%);  QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (39%);  PYRITE (05%);
CARBONATE (10%);  RUTILE (01%);  EPIDOTE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.00    Silt: 039%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    67.10    Clay: 060%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (10%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (52%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
GLASS (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (07%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1280       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.00    Silt: 038%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    67.28    Clay: 060%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  SIDERITE (02%);  EPIDOTE (01%);
BIOTITE (01%);  PYROXENE (01%);  APATITE (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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RUTILE (01%);  TOURMALINE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1190       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    68.69    Clay: 050%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);
IRON (01%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (06%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 059%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    81.35    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER APTIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (89%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    81.85    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER APTIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (18%);  DOLOMITE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    82.21    Clay: 030%

Age : UPPER APTIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  IRON (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);
SIDERITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (78%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 059%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    83.36    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER APTIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (16%);  QUARTZ (04%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  IRON (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (10%);
EPIDOTE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (72%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 392A  Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    83.42    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER APTIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);

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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