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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    67.80    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PALAGONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    67.97    Clay:

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PALAGONITE (02%);  IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   880       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    68.38    Clay:

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  GLASS (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    68.60    Clay:

Name: DIATOM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
MICRONODULE (02%);  IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (50%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    69.08    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1090       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    70.09    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  IRON (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1280       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    70.28    Clay:

Name: FORAM-RICH NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 045%   Sect:  3
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 055%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    71.90    Clay:

Name: NANNO-FORAMINIFERA OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (50%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.50    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.82    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.50    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    74.90    Clay:

Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    77.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    79.40    Clay: 010%

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    77.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    82.10    Clay: 010%

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    77.00    Silt: 095%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    85.95    Clay: 005%


Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    86.50    Silt: 100%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    90.30    Clay:

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
IRON (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 095%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    97.60    Clay:

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand:        Sect:  7
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   105.15    Clay:

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 73    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 519A  Top Core Depth(m):   134.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   135.87    Clay: 040%

Name: IRON RICH NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  PALAGONITE (05%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  IRON (10%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);

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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