Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 200  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.20    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      4         2        94       1.22/ 88             19
 
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Shipboard Lith : ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD                                          
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  200/ 400  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.20    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.40    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1        19        80       1.43/ 76             21
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY DIATOMACEOUS VOLCANIC MUD                             
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH PELAGIC CLAY                                     
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  400/1050  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.40    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.05    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.65
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     72         4        25       1.47/ 74             69
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNOPLANKTON MARL MUD                                      
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) : 1050/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.05    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.45
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        25       1.44/ 75             48
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY VOLCANIC MUD                                          
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH MUD                                              
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: 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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        25       1.37/ 79            156
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: 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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1         1        98       1.35/ 81            158
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY VOLCANIC MUD                                          
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH MUD                                              
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: 
Sect:  4    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     28         7        65       1.32/ 82            157
 
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Shipboard Lith : VOLC+GLAS AND NANNO SANDY MUD                               
Screen Lith    : DETRITAL SEDIMENT.                                          
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    Age: 
Sect:  5    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1         0        99       1.38/ 79            158
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : ZEOLITIC RED CLAY                                           
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1         0        99       1.36/ 80            144
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : ZEOLITIC RED CLAY                                           
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/   0  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.10    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.10    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        99           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : CHALK                                                       
Screen Lith    :  CHALK                                                      
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  550/ 950  Age: MESOZOIC
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   17.95    Age: LOWER CRETACEOUS
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   18.35    Age: UPPER JURASSIC
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.40
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        99           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE                                    
Screen Lith    :  CHALK                                                      
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) : 1100/1300  Age: 
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   18.50    Age: 
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   18.70    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        99           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE                                    
Screen Lith    :  CHALK                                                      
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) : 1300/1400  Age: 
Hole:  49   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   18.70    Age: 
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   18.80    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        99           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD                                          
Screen Lith    : MUD

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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