Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   249.60    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   249.65    Clay: 070%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: SIL GLAU PYR CARB.UNSPEC QTZ CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (69%);  GLASS (03%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 090%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   259.23    Clay: 010%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: MICRITIC LIMESTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (01%);
CARBONATE (87%);  OPAL (01%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   259.34    Clay: 050%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: BIOGENIC SILICA FORAM RICH NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (23%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (49%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   260.60    Clay: 055%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: PYR BEARING GLAU NANNO QTZ SILT CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (52%);  GLASS (10%);  PYRITE (05%);
CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (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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