Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 072%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay: 025%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (60%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLAUCONITE (05%);  PYRITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 075%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.20    Clay: 025%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (60%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLAUCONITE (07%);  PYRITE (03%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.60    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS VITRIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (24%);  MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (12%);
GLASS (35%);  PYRITE (08%);  DIATOM (12%);
RADIOLARIA (08%);  SPICULE (05%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt: 063%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.00    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PYRITE (05%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):    15.50    Silt: 059%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.85    Clay: 040%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (43%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  PYRITE (03%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):    34.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    34.92    Clay: 029%

Name: SILICEOUS MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (42%);  FELDSPAR (07%);  CLAY MINERAL (24%);
GLASS (05%);  PYRITE (05%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (07%);  SPICULE (05%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):    34.50    Silt: 063%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    36.80    Clay: 035%

Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (45%);  FELDSPAR (14%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  PYRITE (03%);
CARBONATE (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):    44.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    44.02    Clay: 080%

Name: GREEN MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (04%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (74%);  GLASS (01%);
PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   490       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 489   Top Core Depth(m):    44.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    44.49    Clay: 080%


Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (73%);  GLASS (01%);
PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SILICOFLAGELLATE (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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