Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.84    Clay: 025%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CRYSTAL SANDY MUD (SANDY ASH)

Components:  ()
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FELDSPAR (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (17%);
GLASS (10%);  PALAGONITE (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (50%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 003%   Sect:  4
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.65    Clay: 082%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CRYSTAL MUD (MOST PALE COLORED PART)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (78%);
GLASS (05%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (01%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 100%   Sect:  6
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.92    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY ASH (DARKER LITHOLOGY)

Components:  ()
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FELDSPAR (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (70%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 010%   Sect:  6
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.10    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: VITRIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
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FELDSPAR (05%);  GLASS (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   610       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 048%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.61    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC MUD (LIGHT COLORED BAND)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (47%);  GLASS (30%);
PALAGONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);
SPICULE (01%);  IRON (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.71    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VITRIC ASH (OLIVE GREY)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (70%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (01%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 002%   Sect:  3
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 078%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    12.80    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO VITRIC ASH

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (13%);
GLASS (60%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 003%   Sect:  3
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 037%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.05    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (08%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (58%);
GLASS (10%);  PALAGONITE (03%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  IRON (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.65    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand: 003%   Sect:  6
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.85    Clay: 072%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CRYSTAL MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (68%);
GLASS (05%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.93    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUDDY ASH

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);  GLASS (35%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.43    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VITRIC ASH WITH NANNOS

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1030       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 074%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.53    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CRYSTAL VITRIC ASH

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);
GLASS (50%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   720       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 055%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.72    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (48%);
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.00    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY CRYSTAL ASH

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (40%);  HEAVY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (05%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (08%);
MICRONODULE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    47.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    47.18    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (13%);  GLASS (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    66.00    Silt: 092%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    66.10    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VITRIC TUFF

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (04%);  GLASS (90%);
PALAGONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 040%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :    87.92    Clay: 050%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  GLASS (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   130       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    94.50    Silt: 040%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    94.63    Clay: 055%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC MUDSTONE (LITHIFIED)

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  GLASS (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 455   Top Core Depth(m):    94.50    Silt: 005%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    94.64    Clay: 092%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (20%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);

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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