Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   120       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   123.20    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   123.32    Clay: 045%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (39%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (43%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (05%);  PYRITE (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   123.20    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   126.05    Clay:

Name: MARLY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);
NANNOFOSSIL (44%);  DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   123.20    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   129.10    Clay:

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (06%);  CARBONATE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (11%);  NANNOFOSSIL (81%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   132.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   135.30    Clay:

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (14%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   132.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   137.05    Clay:


Components:  ()
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FORAMINIFERA (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   152.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   152.80    Clay:

Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (38%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (37%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   152.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   152.90    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (38%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
GLASS (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (33%);  DIATOM (04%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);
SPICULE (04%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (04%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   161.60    Silt: 070%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   165.02    Clay: 015%

Name: GLAUCONITE BEARING SANDY MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (53%);  MICA (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (08%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1160       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 609C  Top Core Depth(m):   161.60    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   165.76    Clay:

Name: NANNO FOSSIL OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (79%);
DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (05%);
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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