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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   560       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.56    Clay: 015%

Name: SILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (70%);  QUARTZ (45%);  FELDSPAR (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (03%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (05%);  DIATOM (13%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 065%   Sect:  1
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.18    Clay: 005%

Name: SILICEOUS ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
GLASS (83%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (07%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):  1460       Sand: 032%   Sect:  1
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 067%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.46    Clay: 001%

Name: VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
GLASS (90%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  PYRITE (01%);
CARBONATE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 010%

Name: VITRIC SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (62%);  QUARTZ (50%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (12%);  GLASS (35%);
PYRITE (02%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 095%   Sect:  3
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.26    Clay:

Name: ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (95%);  PYRITE (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.45    Clay: 030%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (81%);  QUARTZ (43%);  FELDSPAR (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.25    Clay: 030%

Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (90%);  QUARTZ (60%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (05%);
PYRITE (01%);  DIATOM (04%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   740       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.74    Clay: 025%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (55%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  VOLC MATERIAL FRAG (03%);  GLASS (08%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 005%   Sect:  6
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 043%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.20    Clay: 052%

Name: SILTY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (35%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (37%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (05%);
GLAUCONITE (05%);  PYRITE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (07%);  DIATOM (04%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.15    Clay: 030%

Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (50%);  QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (05%);
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (05%);  PYRITE (02%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (03%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.30    Clay: 040%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (03%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (71%);  GLASS (10%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (03%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 080%   Sect:  3
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    23.60    Clay: 005%

Name: SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (12%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (02%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   710       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    24.61    Clay: 030%

Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (84%);  QUARTZ (50%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (08%);  PYRITE (01%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   870       Sand: 010%   Sect:  6
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 070%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    27.77    Clay: 020%

Name: NANNO BEARING MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (78%);  QUARTZ (54%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (18%);
GLASS (03%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):    90       Sand: 070%   Sect: CC
Hole: 582   Top Core Depth(m):    19.40    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    28.61    Clay: 010%

Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (15%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (12%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (05%);
GLASS (40%);  PYRITE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
RADIOLARIA (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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