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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.02    Clay: 057%

Age : QUATERNARY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (39%);  GLASS (02%);
IRON (01%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.50    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);
GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  LIMONITE (03%);
CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 025%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     0.90    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     3.10    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1140       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     0.90    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     3.54    Clay: 045%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY FORAMINIFERA NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (32%);  GLASS (02%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     5.30    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :     7.50    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAMINIFERA-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLASS (01%);  PYRITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (59%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 007%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):     9.70    Silt: 053%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    11.90    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAMINIFERA NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 006%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    14.10    Silt: 054%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    16.60    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
IRON (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    14.10    Silt: 050%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    17.64    Clay: 045%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  IRON (01%);
CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    18.80    Silt: 055%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    22.50    Clay: 044%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (13%);
GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  IRON (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (84%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    22.90    Silt: 044%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    25.10    Clay: 055%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
IRON (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);
DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    27.30    Silt: 037%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    30.05    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
IRON (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (67%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    31.70    Silt: 045%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    33.90    Clay: 045%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    36.10    Silt: 015%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :    36.12    Clay: 070%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (08%);
CHERT FRAGMENT (02%);  GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    36.10    Silt: 015%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :    38.30    Clay: 075%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (11%);
GLASS (06%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 012%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    40.50    Silt: 028%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    41.20    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (66%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    44.90    Silt: 050%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :    45.60    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  OTHER FOSSIL (01%);
GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   880       Sand: 006%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    49.30    Silt: 010%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :    50.18    Clay: 084%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (04%);
GLASS (03%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  CARBONATE (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    49.30    Silt: 010%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :    50.30    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
GLASS (03%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (74%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1010       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    49.30    Silt: 010%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :    50.31    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  GLASS (04%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);
CARBONATE (02%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    53.70    Silt: 015%
Core:  14   Sample Depth (m) :    54.00    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
GLASS (03%);  GLAUCONITE (04%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    54.70    Silt: 040%
Core:  15   Sample Depth (m) :    55.40    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);
GLASS (10%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand: 008%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    54.70    Silt: 012%
Core:  15   Sample Depth (m) :    57.58    Clay: 080%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
GLASS (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    59.10    Silt: 049%
Core:  16   Sample Depth (m) :    61.30    Clay: 050%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: BROWN NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (00%);
GLASS (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (66%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    63.50    Silt: 015%
Core:  17   Sample Depth (m) :    64.20    Clay: 070%

Age : MIOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 007%   Sect:  1
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    63.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  17   Sample Depth (m) :    64.95    Clay: 083%

Age : MIOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (02%);
GLAUCONITE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (62%);



Leg : 72    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 518   Top Core Depth(m):    67.90    Silt: 037%
Core:  18   Sample Depth (m) :    70.10    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (41%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
LIMONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);

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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