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Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.03    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M MICA 5,CLAY 10,CARB 10

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  PTEROPOD (05%);
SPICULE (05%);  FISH DEBRIS (02%);  IRON (03%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   310       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.31    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 20,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  SPICULE (02%);
FISH DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   760       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.26    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10,GLAUC 2/N IN FORAMS

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (17%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  SPICULE (01%);
FISH DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.98    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (74%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);
FISH DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   130       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.13    Clay: 090%

Age : PLEISTOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  SPICULE (02%);
FISH DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   390       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.39    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE M CLAY 25,CARB 10/N SHELL FRAGS TUNICATES SPIC

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (10%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.90    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M QTZ 2,MICA 3,CLAY 15,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (58%);  DIATOM (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  FISH DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     5.20    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 5,CARB 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  FISH DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     6.10    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10,GLAUC TR/N IN FORAMS,CARB 5

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     6.70    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 5,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    13.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    15.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 5,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 003%   Sect:  3
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.10    Clay: 067%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10,CARB 3,DOLO TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   960       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    32.50    Silt: 018%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    33.46    Clay: 080%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (87%);  DOLOMITE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   960       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    32.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    34.96    Clay: 095%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 2,CARB 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (87%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   990       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    42.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    42.99    Clay: 069%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: GREENISH NANNOFOSSIL CLAY M TOT.DET TR,CLAY 75/N GREEN GLAUCONITIC,VOLC.
Name: GLAS TR/N BROWN,CARB 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (24%);  DOLOMITE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    42.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    43.73    Clay: 018%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE M QTZ TR,HVY.MINS TR/N GREEN HORNBLENDE,CLAY 15, CARB 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);  DOLOMITE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   410       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    51.50    Silt:
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    51.91    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 15,PYR 1

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (58%);  DIATOM (15%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1030       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    51.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    52.53    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: PYRITE-RICH FORAM NANNOS OOZE M CLAY 20,VOLC.GLAS TR,PYR 35

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    51.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    52.70    Clay: 020%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 20,VOLC.GLAS TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    51.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    55.20    Clay: 020%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    61.83    Clay:

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITE RICH PATCH IN NANNO OOZE M GLAUC 50

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 095%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    62.10    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (92%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    70.50    Silt: 095%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    73.10    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M CLAY 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1390       Sand: 004%   Sect:  5
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    70.50    Silt: 011%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    77.89    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY M QTZ TR,FEL TR,CLAY 85,DOLO 2,CARB 13,TUNICATES TR

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 007%   Sect:  6
Hole: 536   Top Core Depth(m):    70.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :    78.26    Clay: 078%

Age : UPPER MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY M QTZ TR,FEL TR,UNIDENT.MINS 10,GLAUC 50,CARB 5

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