Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 095%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.00    Clay: 005%

Age : PLEISTOCENE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNO OOZE SLIGHTLY CLAY M QTZ TR,CLAY 20,FE.OX TR,DOLO TR

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.10    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE - SLIGHTLY CLAYEY M QTZ 10,FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 20,F
Name: E.OX TR, DOLO.RHOMB 5

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.70    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SLIGHTLY CLAYEY - FORAM NANNO OOZE M QTZ 7,FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 20,AM
Name: PH TR, PYROX TR,FE.OX TR,DOLO.RHOMB TR

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  SPICULE (02%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.30    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SLIGHTLY CLAYEY - FORAM NANNO OOZE M QTZ TR,CLAY 20,DOLO TR

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 79    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 544   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.60    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SLIGHTLY CLAYEY-NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ TR,CLAY 20,FE.OX TR,CARB TR/N RHO
Name: MBS

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
IRON (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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