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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):    42.70    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    42.85    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (25%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1040       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):    42.70    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    43.79    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (65%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  RADIOLARIA (35%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1430       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):    42.70    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    45.68    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (65%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);  RADIOLARIA (30%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):    86.60    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    86.91    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (01%);
RADIOLARIA (95%);  DIATOM (05%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):    86.60    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    90.82    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (01%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):   109.10    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   109.60    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (51%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);
RADIOLARIA (03%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):   109.10    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   111.35    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   440       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):   146.60    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   147.21    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  80A  Top Core Depth(m):   146.60    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   147.27    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (90%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



    

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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