Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 475B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: DIATOMACEOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);  PYRITE (01%);
CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);
DIATOM (23%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (03%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 007%   Sect:  2
Hole: 475B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.80    Clay: 048%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: RADS BEARING DIATOMACEOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  DIATOM (25%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (03%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 002%   Sect:  5
Hole: 475B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.30    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO BEARING DIATOMACEOUS CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (35%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 64    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 001%   Sect:  7
Hole: 475B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.60    Clay: 060%

Name: PALE OLIVE, DIATOM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PYRITE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (15%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);

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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