Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   70/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.07    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.43
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     22        12        67           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH MUD                      
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     38         9        54       1.20/ 89            139
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                    
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     37         8        56           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : REDDISH BROWN CLAY AND OLIVE GREY NANNO FORAM OOZE          
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE  
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1460  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    5.96    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.46
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     37        11        53       1.21/ 89            142
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                    
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1470  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.47    Age: 
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.47
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     41        12        48           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                    
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   30/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.53    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.47
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     39        10        51       1.22/ 89            152
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE  
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 350  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.35    Age: 
Sect:  7    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.35
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     80        12         8           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 54    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 150  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 421   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.45    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.60    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.15
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         8           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL RICH FORAMINIFERA 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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