NOAA logo, National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF logo, National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.14    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.06    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (30%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.30    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (30%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   580       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.58    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (25%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.25    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 042%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.82    Clay: 043%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (10%);  QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   860       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.36    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     8.55    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CALCAREOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1010       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.01    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  CARBONATE (25%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):     8.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.42    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY - GREY CLAY BAND

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (10%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    17.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    17.58    Clay: 055%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  MICA (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  CARBONATE (17%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    17.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.75    Clay: 070%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (23%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand: 040%   Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    17.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.98    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    17.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.54    Clay: 075%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (10%);  QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    27.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   810       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    36.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    40.31    Clay: 060%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  CARBONATE (18%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   670       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 003%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    46.67    Clay: 096%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (03%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (03%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (87%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   940       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    49.94    Clay: 070%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    65.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    65.80    Clay: 080%

Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):    93.50    Silt:
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    97.30    Clay:

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   103.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   104.00    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   106.00    Silt: 020%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :   108.00    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (20%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   760       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   111.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  14   Sample Depth (m) :   111.76    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   116.00    Silt:
Core:  15   Sample Depth (m) :   116.80    Clay:

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   119.50    Silt:
Core:  16   Sample Depth (m) :   120.34    Clay:

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   122.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  17   Sample Depth (m) :   123.00    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   125.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  18   Sample Depth (m) :   126.20    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   127.00    Silt:
Core:  19   Sample Depth (m) :   127.35    Clay:

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   129.00    Silt:
Core:  21   Sample Depth (m) :   129.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   132.00    Silt:
Core:  24   Sample Depth (m) :   134.10    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

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



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   760       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   135.00    Silt: 010%
Core:  25   Sample Depth (m) :   137.26    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   137.50    Silt:
Core:  26   Sample Depth (m) :   137.82    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   138.50    Silt:
Core:  27   Sample Depth (m) :   139.10    Clay:

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   140.00    Silt:
Core:  28   Sample Depth (m) :   140.70    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   147.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  32   Sample Depth (m) :   149.00    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (89%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   150.50    Silt:
Core:  33   Sample Depth (m) :   151.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   165.50    Silt: 020%
Core:  36   Sample Depth (m) :   165.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   175.50    Silt: 010%
Core:  38   Sample Depth (m) :   175.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 549A  Top Core Depth(m):   190.50    Silt: 005%
Core:  41   Sample Depth (m) :   190.60    Clay: 093%

Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

Components:  ()
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);
SPICULE (10%);

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.

Please see NOAA's privacy and disclaimer information. Send questions or comments to mgg.info@noaa.gov.

Department of Commerce > NOAA > NESDIS > NCEI > doi:10.7289/V54M92G2