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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   114.08    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: RED CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (75%);  ZEOLITE (15%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (09%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   660       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   114.66    Clay: 040%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOMS RADIOLARIANS SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (12%);  GLASS (04%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (04%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (33%);  DIATOM (31%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  OTHER FOSSIL (03%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (40%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   115.40    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC RED CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  ZEOLITE (26%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (04%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   115.57    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: RED CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  ZEOLITE (08%);  GLASS (08%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (94%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  OTHER FOSSIL (02%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (06%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   570       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   116.07    Clay: 040%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: DIAT AND RAD SILT WITH VOLCANIC GLASS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  GLASS (04%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (54%);  DIATOM (20%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (01%);  OTHER FOSSIL (03%);
SILICEOUS FOSSIL (31%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   720       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   116.22    Clay: 065%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC RED CLAY WITH VOLCANIC GLASS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (60%);  ZEOLITE (29%);  GLASS (09%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   116.98    Clay: 055%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: SILTY RED CLAY WITH DIAT, RADS, VOLC.GLAS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (38%);  ZEOLITE (09%);  GLASS (04%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (67%);  DIATOM (16%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  OTHER FOSSIL (02%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (25%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 017%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   120.90    Clay: 083%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: BROWN ZEOLITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (73%);  ZEOLITE (15%);  GLASS (02%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   120.90    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: BROWN ZEOLITIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  ZEOLITE (15%);  GLASS (05%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1330       Sand: 013%   Sect:  5
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 016%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   121.33    Clay: 071%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC MUD (MOTTLE OF)

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (59%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  GLASS (20%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (91%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (08%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1370       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 007%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   121.37    Clay: 093%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (87%);  GLASS (03%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 001%   Sect:  6
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 006%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   122.50    Clay: 093%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (85%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  GLASS (04%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1280       Sand: 060%   Sect:  6
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   122.78    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (20%);  GLASS (35%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (90%);  OTHER FOSSIL (10%);
SILICEOUS FOSSIL (10%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 004%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   122.95    Clay: 096%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  GLASS (05%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 002%   Sect: CC
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   123.10    Clay: 088%

Name: RED CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (85%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (12%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   123.70    Silt: 009%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   123.85    Clay: 090%

Name: BROWN MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (79%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  GLASS (04%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (98%);  OTHER FOSSIL (02%);
SILICEOUS FOSSIL (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  51   Top Core Depth(m):   123.70    Silt: 016%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   126.80    Clay: 084%

Name: BROWN MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (74%);  CARBONATE (04%);  ZEOLITE (04%);
GLASS (04%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);
NANNOFOSSIL (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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