Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.35    Clay: 067%

Name: PELAGIC SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (65%);  GLASS (05%);  DIATOM (04%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 018%   Sect:  1
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.10    Clay: 052%

Name: DIATOM CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);
GLASS (05%);  DIATOM (12%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.30    Clay: 069%


Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):  1460       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.46    Clay: 050%

Name: SILICEOUS CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);
GLASS (05%);  DIATOM (18%);  RADIOLARIA (07%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.90    Clay: 050%

Name: SILICEOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (60%);  GLASS (07%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     8.40    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.16    Clay: 065%

Name: SILICEOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);
GLASS (02%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 86    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 015%   Sect:  5
Hole: 579   Top Core Depth(m):     8.40    Silt: 047%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.00    Clay: 068%

Name: SILICEOUS CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (68%);  GLASS (02%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (07%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);

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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