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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 078%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.11    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (22%);  QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (18%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (58%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.30    Clay: 040%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (55%);  QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (42%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.56    Clay: 045%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (49%);  QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (31%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
IRON (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 003%   Sect:  3
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay: 042%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (50%);  QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (36%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.30    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (50%);  QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (43%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (50%);  DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 002%   Sect:  4
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 048%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.60    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (42%);  QUARTZ (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);
MICA (01%);  IRON (16%);  LIMONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (41%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 025%   Sect:  5
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.10    Clay: 040%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (42%);  QUARTZ (12%);  FELDSPAR (04%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (24%);  IRON (10%);
DOLOMITE (08%);  CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.95    Clay: 055%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (60%);  QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (53%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    64.60    Clay: 079%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (19%);  QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (17%);  CARBONATE (10%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (07%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    64.60    Clay: 067%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (20%);  QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (16%);  PYRITE (05%);  CARBONATE (70%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    64.78    Clay: 075%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (60%);  QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (40%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 049%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    65.25    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (37%);  QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);
MICA (01%);  IRON (03%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);
PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1410       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    65.91    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALC OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (27%);  QUARTZ (07%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
PYRITE (10%);  IRON (10%);  CARBONATE (48%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 399   Top Core Depth(m):    63.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    66.73    Clay: 065%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (17%);  PYRITE (03%);
CARBONATE (05%);  DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);

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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