Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   190       Sand: 070%   Sect:  1
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.19    Clay: 020%

Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 5,FEL 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 10,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (60%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1020       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.52    Clay: 070%

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M QTZ 5,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 15,CARB 3,DOLO TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 040%   Sect:  3
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.15    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M FEL 1,CLAY 5,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.83    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNO FORAM MARL M QTZ 10,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 20,CARB 4

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 080%   Sect:  1
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     0.25    Clay: 010%

Name: VOLCANIC ASH (DROP STONE) M QTZ 10,FEL 3,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 10,VOLC.GLAS 70

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ TR,CLAY 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     2.82    Clay: 030%

Name: FORAM MARL M QTZ 15,FEL 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 20,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand: 040%   Sect:  5
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     6.84    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ 1,FEL 1,CLAY TR,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 050%   Sect:  6
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     8.50    Clay: 040%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD M QTZ 30,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 40,CARB 25

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1130       Sand: 060%   Sect:  4
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    15.13    Clay: 030%

Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 1,CLAY 10,CARB 4

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   970       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    16.47    Clay: 040%

Name: MARL M QTZ 15,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 30,CARB 40

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 040%   Sect:  6
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    18.40    Clay: 050%

Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ 10,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 20,CARB 4

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    19.93    Clay: 040%

Name: NANNO FORAM MARL M QTZ 10,FEL 4,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 25,DOLO TR, CARB 15

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand: 050%   Sect:  6
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.56    Clay: 030%

Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 5,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 5

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (50%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 030%   Sect:  7
Hole: 553B  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.20    Clay: 030%

Name: FORAM MUD M QTZ 35,FEL 5,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 30,CARB 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (08%);

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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