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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO-FORAM TERRIGENOUS MUD M MICA 20,CLAY 20,VOLC.GLAS 10,CARB 5

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (13%);  DIATOM (10%);
SPICULE (02%);  FISH DEBRIS (02%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.54    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE M QTZ 3,MICA 10,CLAY 40,CARB 10,PTER.FRAGS 3

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.42    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: TERRIGENOUS MUD M MICA 1,CLAY 67,VOLC.GLAS 5,CARB 5

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M MICA 3,CLAY 22,CARB 5

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1160       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.66    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSSIL MARL M MICA 5,CLAY 30,CARB 5

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.88    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 30,CARB 12

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.75    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 20,DOLO TR,CARB 10,DISC 30

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



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 539A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.11    Clay:

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 10,CARB 5

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);



    

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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