Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.00    Clay:

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: COARSE 63-140




Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: CLAYEY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (08%);  CLAY MINERAL (27%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
IRON (05%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   480       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.48    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: LT TAN LAM CLAY ZONE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  IRON (12%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (03%);  RUTILE (02%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);   (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.50    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM BEARING CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (08%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (03%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.63    Clay: 070%

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: DARK CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (09%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);
IRON (05%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.32    Clay:

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: PALE BLUE VOLCANOG ZEOL CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  ZEOLITE (15%);  CHERT FRAGMENT (15%);
RUTILE (02%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.90    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER QUATERNARY
Name: FINE-GRAINED BROWN CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);  IRON (14%);
MICRONODULE (03%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);



Leg : 51    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 417B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.23    Clay: 090%

Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  RUTILE (02%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (04%);
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  ZEOLITE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (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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