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Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.70    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY M QTZ 25,HVY.MINS 5,CLAY 35,CARB 15

Components:  ()
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.48    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS OOZE M QTZ 10,CLAY 40,CARB 10

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



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   104.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   106.13    Clay: 095%

Age : LOWER MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK M TOT.DET 7,CLAY 7,PYR TR,CARB 20

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (73%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   104.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   106.13    Clay: 040%

Age : LOWER MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK, GREY CHALK M QTZ P,MICA P,CLAY 10,CARB 5

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



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   113.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   114.10    Clay: 040%

Age : LOWER MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M QTZ P,CLAY 15,CARB 20

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   123.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   125.70    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M QTZ 5,CLAY 10,CARB 15

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



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   132.64    Clay:

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: QUARTZ, GLASS PRESENT - MAY BE COMMON




Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   290       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   132.79    Clay:

Age : LOWER TURONIAN




Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   132.97    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: LAMINATED SEDIMENTS M QTZ P,CLAY 30,VOLC.GLAS 10,OP 10/N DARK REDDISH AN
Name: HEDRAL,CARB 10

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   134.05    Clay:

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: CARBONATE REWORKED R ABUNDANT RADS FRAGS, AMORPHOUS GLASSY LOOKING SMALL
Name: S, SILT-SIZE, MOST PARTICLES SILT SIZE




Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   134.05    Clay: 080%

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: CALCAREOUS MUDSTONE M TOT.DET 15,QTZ P,FEL P,MICA P,HVY.MINS P, CLAY 15,
Name: VOLC.GLAS P,ZEOL 5,CARB 60/N SILICA + RADS

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   134.35    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: ZEOL BEARING MARLY FORAMS NANNO CHALK M TOT.DET 10,QTZ P,FEL P,MICA P,CL
Name: AY 10,PYR P, ZEOL 7,CARB 20

Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (43%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   132.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   135.29    Clay: 050%

Age : LOWER TURONIAN
Name: OL 30,CARB 10

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 80    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 551   Top Core Depth(m):   142.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   145.50    Clay:


Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (05%);
SPICULE (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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