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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    50.10    Clay: 035%

Name: DIATOMACEOUS RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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PYROXENE (00%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  MICRONODULE (14%);
DIATOM (33%);  RADIOLARIA (33%);  SPICULE (14%);
IRON (03%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1040       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    81.54    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLASS (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);  DIATOM (23%);
RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    81.86    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO DIATOM RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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GLASS (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (29%);  DIATOM (29%);
RADIOLARIA (29%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):    79.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    83.60    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: DIATOMACEOUS RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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PALAGONITE (03%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (13%);  DIATOM (32%);  RADIOLARIA (32%);
SPICULE (13%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   117.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   126.10    Clay: 035%

Name: RADIOLARIAN OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLASS (06%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  DIATOM (23%);
RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (06%);  IRON (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   148.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   148.10    Clay: 060%

Age : PALEOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC MUDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  ZEOLITE (55%);  MICRONODULE (06%);
DIATOM (04%);  IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   165.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   171.10    Clay: 060%

Age : PALEOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (55%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  IRON (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   174.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   180.10    Clay: 060%

Age : PALEOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC MUDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);  ZEOLITE (55%);
MICRONODULE (23%);  IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   180.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   189.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: PELAGIC BROWN CLAY, PROBABLY ZEOLITIC

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (55%);  MICRONODULE (23%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);
IRON (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   187.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
ZEOLITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (55%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   188.17    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: VOLCANOCLASTIC CLAY OR SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (04%);  PYROXENE (04%);  GLASS (38%);
PALAGONITE (38%);  MICRONODULE (16%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1290       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   188.29    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC TUFF

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  PYROXENE (06%);  GLASS (23%);
PALAGONITE (06%);  ZEOLITE (55%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1470       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   188.47    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC TUFF

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYROXENE (06%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (55%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   191.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: MANGANESE RICH ZEOLITIC TUFF

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (55%);  ZEOLITE (23%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (55%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   191.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: FERROMANGANESE RICH PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (23%);  PYROXENE (00%);  GLASS (06%);
PALAGONITE (23%);  ZEOLITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (55%);
IRON (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   191.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
ZEOLITE (00%);  MICRONODULE (23%);  IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  66   Top Core Depth(m):   187.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   191.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: PROBABLY ALTERED VOLCANIC FRAGMENT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
ZEOLITE (00%);  MICRONODULE (23%);

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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