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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 018%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.40    Clay: 080%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (65%);  CARBONATE (02%);  ZEOLITE (10%);
GLASS (01%);  LIMONITE (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
IRON (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 011%   Sect:  3
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.90    Clay: 069%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: SANDY ZEOLITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (54%);  ZEOLITE (26%);  LIMONITE (20%);
IRON (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 006%   Sect:  4
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    10.25    Clay: 079%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (63%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  LIMONITE (20%);
PYRITE (01%);  IRON (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1120       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    10.82    Clay: 090%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    11.45    Clay: 085%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  GLASS (02%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    11.60    Clay: 085%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  GLASS (03%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    11.93    Clay: 080%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE WITH ZEOLITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (20%);  GLASS (02%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):     5.20    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    12.10    Clay: 065%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: RED CLAY WITH NANNO AND ZEOLITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (35%);  ZEOLITE (25%);  GLASS (04%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (11%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):    11.60    Silt: 024%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.90    Clay: 076%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: ZEOLITE SILTY MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (61%);  CARBONATE (01%);  ZEOLITE (15%);
GLASS (02%);  IRON (01%);  LIMONITE (20%);
FELDSPAR (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):    11.60    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    12.70    Clay: 064%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: ZEOLITE SANDY MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (43%);  ZEOLITE (11%);  GLASS (05%);
LIMONITE (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  IRON (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):    11.60    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.07    Clay: 069%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (07%);  GLASS (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (92%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):    11.60    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.57    Clay: 085%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole:  49A  Top Core Depth(m):    11.60    Silt: 021%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.07    Clay: 078%

Age : MESOZOIC
Name: NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (08%);  GLASS (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (91%);

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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