Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    67.70    Clay: 098%

Name: METALLIFEROUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (62%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
IRON (05%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   240       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt: 001%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    70.24    Clay: 099%

Name: METALLIFEROUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (65%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  IRON (03%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   710       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    70.71    Clay: 100%

Name: METALLIFEROUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (62%);
MICRONODULE (08%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
IRON (23%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):  1240       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    71.24    Clay: 100%

Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (90%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  IRON (04%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    71.82    Clay: 100%

Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (97%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.04    Clay: 100%

Name: ZEOL METALLIFEROUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (63%);  MICRONODULE (10%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   560       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.06    Clay: 100%

Name: MICROSPARITE W/OP OX

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (90%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.65    Clay: 100%

Name: METALLIFEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (80%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
IRON (02%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.86    Clay: 100%

Name: METALLIFEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
OPAQUE MINERAL (99%);  IRON (01%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):  1390       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    72.89    Clay: 100%

Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    73.70    Clay: 100%

Name: METALIFEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (90%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 91    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 596A  Top Core Depth(m):    67.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    75.00    Clay: 100%

Name: METALIFEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (90%);  IRON (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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