Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):  1240       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 042%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.24    Clay: 023%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO-FORAM SANDY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (25%);  QUARTZ (13%);  FELDSPAR (04%);
MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
GLAUCONITE (06%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (47%);  NANNOFOSSIL (18%);  DIATOM (02%);
Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   360       Sand: 015%   Sect:  5
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.36    Clay: 075%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (04%);  QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (04%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (71%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):     7.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.08    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO-FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (08%);  QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (07%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (48%);  NANNOFOSSIL (38%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):     7.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.73    Clay: 072%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (06%);  QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (18%);
NANNOFOSSIL (73%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):    16.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.60    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (03%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):    16.50    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.80    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  PYRITE (01%);
CARBONATE (65%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);  DIATOM (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 050%   Sect:  4
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):    16.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.25    Clay: 020%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (05%);  HORNBLENDE (02%);  GLAUCONITE (35%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (16%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 468A  Top Core Depth(m):    26.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    32.26    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (39%);  GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (25%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (05%);

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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