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Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FELDSPAR BEARING LIMESTONE M CLAY TR,VOLC.GLAS 10,CELESTITE 17,BASALT.FR
Name: AGS 2, OP.MINS TR,CARB 80

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.21    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK M FEL 1,PYR TR,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (64%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.25    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,BASALT.FRAGS 1,CARB 4

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.28    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL LIMESTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 3,VOLC.GLAS TR, CHALC

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
 (AR%);
Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.28    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 10,VOLC.GLAS TR, OP.MINS

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.45    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL LIMESTONE M CLAY 33,PYR 1,OP.MINS 1,CARB 30

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (36%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.50    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY TR,BASALT.FRAGS TR, CARB 25

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1040       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.04    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M FEL 1,HVY.MINS TR,VOLC.GLAS 1,BASALT.FRAGS

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.23    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL CHALK M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,VOLC.GLAS TR,CARB 15

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  SILICEOUS FOSSIL (08%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1310       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.31    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERA LIMESTONE M HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 15,SI.UNSPEC TR,PYR 2, MICRONO
Name: D 3,CARB 50

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.71    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL LIMESTONE M FEL TR,CLAY 18,VOLC.GLAS TR,PYR 1,CARB 30

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (50%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.75    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK M FEL TR,BASALT.FRAGS TR,CARB 40

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.95    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK M CARB 40

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core: H 1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.15    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERA LIMESTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,VOLC.GLAS TR,GLAUC TR, BASAL
Name: T.FRAGS 1,CARB 28

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   425.55    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CHALK M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY TR,VOLC.GLAS TR, PALAG TR,OP.MINS 1,CARB

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1130       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   426.63    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL LIMESTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY TR,VOLC.GLAS TR, OP.MINS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   170       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   427.17    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M VOLC.GLAS 30,OP.MINS 15,CARB 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (20%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   427.30    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL BIOMICRITE LIMESTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 1,ROCK.FRAGS 1,

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   427.93    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: MARLY FORAM LIMESTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 18,OP.MINS 2,CARB 45

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



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 025%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   428.64    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 10,ROCK.FRAGS 10, VOLC.G
Name: LAS 40,PALAG TR,GLAUC TR,ZEOL TR,CARB 15

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  IRON (02%);
OSTRACOD (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   770       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 020%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   429.27    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS, VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 5,VOLC.GLAS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
 (CR%);   (RB%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   429.50    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL LIMESTONE M FEL 1,CLAY 10,VOLC.GLAS 2,OP.MINS 5,CARB 47

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



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   429.50    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL LIMESTONE M FEL 2,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 10,ROCK.FRAGS 1, VOLC.GL
Name: AS 10,OP.MINS 5,CARB 35

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   429.55    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO BIOMICRITE LIMESTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 2,VOLC.GLAS 1,PALAG

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (02%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):    60       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 010%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   430.06    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL BIOMICRITE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 5,VOLC.GLAS 10,PALAG TR,
Name: ROCK.FRAGS 5,GLAUC 1,MICRONOD 1,ZEOL TR,CARB 40

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 025%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   430.80    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M FEL TR,CLAY 15,OP.MINS 5,VOLC.GLAS

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================

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



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 040%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   430.85    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 25,PALAG 1,R
Name: OCK.FRAGS 5, GLAUC 1,MICRONOD 2,VOLC.GLAS 40,CARB 10

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



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1370       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 025%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   432.87    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANICLASTIC MUDSTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 25,PALAG TR,
Name: ROCK.FRAGS 10, GLAUC TR,MICRONOD 1,ZEOL 1,CARB 1

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



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 002%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   433.00    Clay: 098%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO LIMESTONE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS TR,ROCK.FRAGS 2,GLAUC TR, MICRONOD 1,VO
Name: LC.GLAS 2,CARB 25

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt: 020%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   433.55    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANICLASTIC BIOMICRITE M FEL 1,HVY.MINS 3,CLAY 3,VOLC.GLAS 10,PALAG T
Name: R, ROCK.FRAGS 10,MICRONOD 2,ZEOL TR,CARB 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg : 82    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  7
Hole: 557   Top Core Depth(m):   425.50    Silt:
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :   434.90    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: BIOMICRITE M FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 2,VOLC.GLAS TR, PALAG TR,MICRONOD 1

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



    

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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