Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 055%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  IRON (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 045%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.15    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (00%);  IRON (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 045%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (00%);
RADIOLARIA (00%);  SPICULE (00%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand: 045%   Sect:  2
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.73    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 080%   Sect:  2
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.70    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: BROWN CALCAREOUS CLAY(?)

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



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.25    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  IRON (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 045%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY NANNO-FORAM OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 040%   Sect:  4
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.25    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
DIATOM (00%);  SPICULE (00%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (00%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    29.70    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    29.75    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 055%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    32.80    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 060%   Sect:  4
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    34.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    39.25    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (35%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    40.70    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    42.20    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):  1220       Sand: 055%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    42.72    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 060%   Sect:  4
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    43.75    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 050%   Sect:  5
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    45.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

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



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 065%   Sect: CC
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    38.50    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    45.74    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 055%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    48.90    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

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



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 045%   Sect:  2
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    50.20    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 045%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    51.70    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 045%   Sect:  4
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    53.25    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 045%   Sect:  5
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    54.80    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 060%   Sect:  6
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    56.25    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 060%   Sect:  7
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    48.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    57.10    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    57.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    58.20    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    57.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    59.90    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    57.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    60.95    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 54    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 100%   Sect:  3
Hole: 428   Top Core Depth(m):    57.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    61.15    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: BASALTIC VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (30%);  GLASS (70%);  RADIOLARIA (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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