Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 260  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.26    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.26
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     45         9        46           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : CLAY                                                        
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE  
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  260/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.26    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.24
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     85         9         6           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO OOZE                                                  
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                                            
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1450  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    2.95    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.45
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     13         9        78       1.18/ 91            138
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH MUD                      
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 170  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.17    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.17
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     25         9        66       1.18/ 91             13
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : CLAY                                                        
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY             
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  170/ 810  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.17    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.81    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.64
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     70        14        16       1.19/ 90             68
 
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Shipboard Lith : ****** NO LITH GIVEN ***                                    
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  810/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.81    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.69
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     85         6         9       1.23/ 87             73
 
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Shipboard Lith : ****** NO LITH GIVEN ***                                    
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                                            
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 330  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.83    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.33
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     75         9        16           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  330/ 800  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.83    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    5.30    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.47
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     75         6        19           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  800/1400  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    5.30    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    5.90    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.60
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     85         9         6           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                                            
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/  90  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.09    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.09
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     90         6         4           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                                           
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   90/ 180  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 420A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    5.99    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.08    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.09
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         4           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

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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