Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   279.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   280.00    Clay: 040%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CHALK BRECCIA

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (28%);
CARBONATE (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   279.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   281.25    Clay:

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CHALK BRECCIA

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
CARBONATE (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (09%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (13%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   279.00    Silt: 004%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   283.05    Clay: 095%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CHALK BRECCIA

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  BIOTITE (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (44%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   355.60    Clay: 045%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS MARLY CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  CARBONATE (25%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   265       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   355.72    Clay: 080%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (74%);
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  DIATOM (03%);
RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   356.15    Clay: 075%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (49%);
CARBONATE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   360.06    Clay: 080%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);
CARBONATE (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (08%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   362.28    Clay: 085%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  CARBONATE (41%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):   480       Sand: 001%   Sect:  6
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   363.43    Clay:

Age : MIOCENE
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  CARBONATE (39%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 44    Top Int Depth(mm):  1130       Sand: 002%   Sect:  6
Hole: 394A  Top Core Depth(m):   355.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   364.08    Clay: 078%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (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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