Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):    83.20    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    83.40    Clay: 030%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SANDY SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (45%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (18%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):    83.20    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    84.60    Clay: 025%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (65%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):    83.20    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    84.70    Clay: 025%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (65%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):    83.20    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    86.70    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (65%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1460       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):    83.20    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    87.66    Clay: 015%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (65%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (21%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 100%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   138.00    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (80%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (19%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 011%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 016%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   138.90    Clay: 073%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  CARBONATE (20%);  GLASS (20%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 065%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   139.80    Clay: 015%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SANDY SILTY ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (53%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (19%);  NANNOFOSSIL (17%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 022%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   141.10    Clay: 068%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (31%);  CARBONATE (15%);  GLASS (30%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 014%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   141.60    Clay: 036%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (08%);  CARBONATE (10%);  GLASS (62%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 052%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 022%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   142.25    Clay: 026%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (15%);  GLASS (70%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 027%   Sect:  4
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   137.80    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   143.10    Clay: 058%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SANDY CLACAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (15%);  GLASS (40%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 046%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   203.90    Silt: 022%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   205.10    Clay: 032%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SANDY CALCAREOUS VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (15%);  GLASS (65%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 041%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   203.90    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   206.40    Clay: 039%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS MUDDY SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (07%);  CARBONATE (13%);  GLASS (60%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 030%   Sect: CC
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   213.10    Silt: 025%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   213.20    Clay: 045%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  GLASS (55%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 071%   Sect:  1
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 017%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   223.68    Clay: 012%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (74%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 071%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 018%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   224.40    Clay: 011%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: COARSE SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (03%);  GLASS (79%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 018%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 048%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   225.00    Clay: 034%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (03%);  GLASS (66%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 021%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 034%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   226.00    Clay: 045%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY CALCAREOUS VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (21%);  CARBONATE (02%);  GLASS (50%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 020%   Sect:  4
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 032%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   227.40    Clay: 048%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (12%);  CARBONATE (10%);  GLASS (55%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 014%   Sect:  5
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   222.20    Silt: 033%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   229.00    Clay: 053%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY CALCAREOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (21%);  CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (50%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 042%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   261.20    Silt: 030%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   262.90    Clay: 028%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (73%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (15%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 022%   Sect:  2
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   261.20    Silt: 034%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   263.70    Clay: 044%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (16%);  CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (60%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 029%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   261.20    Silt: 034%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   264.70    Clay: 037%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (65%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 022%   Sect:  3
Hole:  54   Top Core Depth(m):   261.20    Silt: 033%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   265.50    Clay: 045%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (08%);  CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (60%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  SPICULE (02%);
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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