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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand: 004%   Sect:  1
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 066%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.07    Clay: 030%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (22%);  QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);  DIATOM (20%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.46    Clay: 047%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ORG MATTER BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (23%);  QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLAUCONITE (01%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   770       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.77    Clay: 035%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (24%);  QUARTZ (03%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (01%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.25    Clay: 010%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (14%);  QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (12%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.57    Clay: 065%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIAT MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (27%);  QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (24%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  DIATOM (25%);
SPICULE (07%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.21    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (40%);  QUARTZ (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
CARBONATE (50%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1210       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.21    Clay: 010%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (40%);  QUARTZ (29%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.15    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PYRITE CONCRETION

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  PYRITE (44%);  CARBONATE (10%);
DOLOMITE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 001%   Sect:  4
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.50    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (58%);  QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (38%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (40%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 48    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 400   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.23    Clay:

Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (68%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (07%);
CARBONATE (07%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  CHERT FRAGMENT (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (07%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  IRON (04%);
EPIDOTE (01%);  GARNET (01%);  ZOISITE (79%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HORNBLENDE (01%);  AUGITE (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);

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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