Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  530/ 540  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):    78.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    79.04   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/2
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  8/81 Investigator(s): THIERSTEIN,H.;MANIVIT,H.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (COMMON/)
  DISCOASTER CHALLENGERII (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER KUGLERI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (FEW/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS RUGOSUS (COMMON/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1050/1060  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):    78.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    87.06   Ogrow/Dissol: 1/2
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER CHALLENGERII (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER KUGLERI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (FEW/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS RUGOSUS (FEW/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 710  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   249.50   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :   257.71   Ogrow/Dissol: 3/2
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (COMMON/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   249.50   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :   257.83   Ogrow/Dissol: 3/2
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA COMPACTA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA RETICULATA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (COMMON/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   420.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :   420.60   Ogrow/Dissol: 2/2
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS DANICUS (FEW/)
  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (FEW/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DIASTYPUS (FEW/)
  FASCICULITHUS INVOLUTUS (COMMON/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SAMODUROVII (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (RARE/)
  TOWEIUS SP. (LARGE) (COMMON/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (RARE/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  770/ 790  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   259.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core: H 1   Depth Top Sample(m) :   268.78   Ogrow/Dissol: 3/2
Sect:  7    No. Observed Fossils:    11      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA COMPACTA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA RETICULATA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PSEUDORADIANS (RARE/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   259.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core: H 1   Depth Top Sample(m) :   265.85   Ogrow/Dissol: 3/2
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: POOR

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (COMMON/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (FEW/)
  HELICOSPHAERA RETICULATA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SAMODUROVII (COMMON/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PSEUDORADIANS (RARE/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS INVERSUS (RARE/)



Leg : 61    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   00/  20  Sample Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole: 462A  Depth Top of Core(m):   373.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core: H 2   Depth Top Sample(m) :   373.01   Ogrow/Dissol: 3/3
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5      Group Presv: POOR

Date:  8/81 Investigator(s): THIERSTEIN,H.;MANIVIT,H.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (RARE/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GIGAS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SAMODUROVII (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (RARE/)

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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