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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.40    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.70    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.50    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (35%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 075%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.15    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN FORAM-NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.25    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.40    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.10    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN IRON RICH FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  IRON (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.50    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.30    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   860       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.86    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.20    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.70    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.13    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.20    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   170       Sand: 005%   Sect:  7
Hole: 421   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.17    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (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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