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Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.28    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (50%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (47%);  SPICULE (02%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.70    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.95    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (05%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (77%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  SPICULE (02%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    53.08    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (60%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (32%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (02%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1120       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    53.22    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (40%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (40%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.60    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (20%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   780       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    52.10    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.88    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (50%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (30%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    62.00    Clay: 065%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (05%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
RADIOLARIA (16%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    62.15    Clay: 025%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (65%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   290       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    62.79    Clay: 015%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (74%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (09%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   560       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    63.06    Clay: 015%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (78%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (06%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    63.55    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (91%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   129.20    Silt: 085%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   130.30    Clay: 005%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC GLASS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (93%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   129.20    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   130.52    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (35%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (21%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   380       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   129.20    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   131.08    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (83%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   129.20    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   131.70    Clay: 020%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (70%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (08%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1430       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   129.20    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   132.13    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (78%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (13%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   212.80    Silt: 065%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   213.40    Clay: 005%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  GLASS (80%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   212.80    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   216.10    Clay: 005%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  GLASS (77%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (18%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   212.80    Silt: 065%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   217.10    Clay: 005%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (91%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (09%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 009%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 080%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   223.10    Clay: 011%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (06%);  GLASS (74%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 012%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 053%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   224.60    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (53%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 007%   Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 080%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   225.60    Clay: 013%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  GLASS (70%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 009%   Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 054%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   226.20    Clay: 037%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  GLASS (46%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   910       Sand: 100%   Sect:  4
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   227.31    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (60%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   228.22    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (80%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 079%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   229.20    Clay: 016%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (08%);  GLASS (78%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 067%   Sect:  6
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 025%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   229.70    Clay: 008%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (04%);  GLASS (78%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (08%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 008%   Sect:  6
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 042%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   230.30    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (29%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 015%   Sect:  7
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 025%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   231.75    Clay: 060%

Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (30%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 030%   Sect:  7
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   221.90    Silt: 065%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   231.95    Clay: 005%

Name: VOLCANIC ASH SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  GLASS (75%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (07%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1370       Sand: 006%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   288.60    Silt: 015%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   289.97    Clay: 079%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (76%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1390       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   288.60    Silt: 035%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   289.99    Clay: 005%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (70%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand: 025%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   288.60    Silt: 070%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   290.73    Clay: 005%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (83%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   342.90    Silt: 095%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   345.00    Clay:

Age : MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (85%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   346.90    Silt: 075%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   349.90    Clay: 005%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (86%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (12%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 025%   Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   346.90    Silt: 075%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   350.10    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILTY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (75%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (25%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  60   Top Core Depth(m):   346.90    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   351.00    Clay:

Name: SANDY VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  GLASS (60%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (35%);

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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