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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.12    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO SANDY CHALK RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (21%);  GLASS (08%);
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (17%);
SPICULE (06%);  OTHER FOSSIL (03%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.40    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.35    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK WITH FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (24%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.70    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (08%);  CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    53.63    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (35%);  CARBONATE (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    53.80    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    54.00    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (27%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    54.50    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.10    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH RAD AND FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (02%);
OTHER SILICEOUS (09%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.82    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (22%);  NANNOFOSSIL (58%);
FORAMINIFERA (12%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    56.46    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (28%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (53%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    57.50    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO SANDY CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (32%);  NANNOFOSSIL (43%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
OTHER SILICEOUS (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 025%   Sect:  5
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    58.30    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO SANDY CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (28%);  GLASS (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (38%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);  RADIOLARIA (08%);
SPICULE (03%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 020%   Sect:  6
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.13    Clay: 060%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK SANDY OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (38%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (11%);  SPICULE (03%);
OTHER SILICEOUS (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    50.90    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    59.50    Clay: 085%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (24%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
FORAMINIFERA (09%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1470       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    61.47    Clay: 060%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK SANDY OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (25%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (16%);  NANNOFOSSIL (48%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  OTHER SILICEOUS (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    62.20    Clay:

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (68%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    64.45    Clay: 075%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (21%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);
FORAMINIFERA (12%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    65.10    Clay: 075%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (22%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 015%   Sect:  5
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    66.70    Clay: 075%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (18%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (17%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    67.45    Clay: 085%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (25%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    68.20    Clay:

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH FORAM

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (19%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (09%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (66%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 011%   Sect:  1
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    69.20    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    70.40    Clay: 049%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (79%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
CARBONATE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    69.20    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    71.50    Clay: 055%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: FORAM NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 017%   Sect:  3
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    69.20    Silt: 023%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    73.00    Clay: 060%

Name: FORAM NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
CARBONATE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 017%   Sect:  4
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    69.20    Silt: 033%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    74.50    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (52%);  FORAMINIFERA (39%);
CARBONATE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 011%   Sect:  5
Hole:  48B  Top Core Depth(m):    69.20    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    75.90    Clay: 059%

Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (79%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (01%);

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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