Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1180/1190  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    52.09
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SP. (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  190/ 200  Sample Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    52.60
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS DORONOCOIDES (Q) (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SELLII (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   80/  90  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    53.99
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER EXTENSUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  720/ 730  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    54.63
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER QUINTATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1080/1090  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    54.99
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER CHALLENGERII (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  250/ 260  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    55.66
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER EXTENSUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  350/ 360  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  48B  Depth Top of Core(m):    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    57.26
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  6/1007

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER EXTENSUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)

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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