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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 014%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.00    Clay: 085%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (09%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);
GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (10%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 079%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (85%);
GLASS (05%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  ZEOLITE (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.28    Clay: 020%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY MUD(SMEAR SLIDE) SAND(BINOCULAR)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (50%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  ZEOLITE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   970       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.47    Clay: 085%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (13%);  CLAY MINERAL (85%);  GLASS (01%);
MICRONODULE (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.50    Clay: 090%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY (~ PELAGIC CLAY)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  GLASS (02%);
MICRONODULE (10%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  IRON (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.10    Clay: 095%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (95%);  GLASS (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   710       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.21    Clay: 095%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (13%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
ZEOLITE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 001%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.30    Clay: 099%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (99%);  MICRONODULE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   570       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    12.07    Clay: 095%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (87%);  GLASS (01%);
MICRONODULE (03%);  ZEOLITE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   860       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    18.86    Clay: 098%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC CLAY DARKEN LITHOLOGY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (95%);  GLASS (02%);
ZEOLITE (03%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    18.92    Clay: 100%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC PELAGIC CLAY LIGHTER LITH

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (90%);  GLASS (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (10%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   580       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt: 003%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.08    Clay: 097%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FE-MN (DARK) RICH PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (95%);  ZEOLITE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    23.42    Clay: 100%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITE RICH PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
ZEOLITE (50%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    23.65    Clay: 100%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (99%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    25.32    Clay: 095%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (17%);  GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
ZEOLITE (80%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   190       Sand: 030%   Sect:  6
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    25.69    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILICEOUS SILTY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (40%);  ZEOLITE (05%);
RADIOLARIA (15%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    18.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    26.70    Clay: 100%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ZEOLITIC PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (80%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
ZEOLITE (15%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    27.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.95    Clay: 095%

Name: ZEOLITIC PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (01%);
MICRONODULE (20%);  ZEOLITE (30%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    27.50    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.42    Clay:

Name: RADIOLARIAN MUDSTONE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  RADIOLARIA (30%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 452A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    37.40    Clay: 098%

Name: ZEOLITIC PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (70%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
ZEOLITE (29%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  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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