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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (18%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   780       Sand: 025%   Sect:  5
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.78    Clay: 030%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (42%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    16.80    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.30    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (56%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (07%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    36.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    43.92    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (59%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    45.60    Silt: 045%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    46.20    Clay: 050%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (56%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (27%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (08%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    55.20    Silt:
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    60.40    Clay:

Name: MARLY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (24%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (41%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (05%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    64.80    Silt: 025%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    66.20    Clay: 060%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (39%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);  CLAY MINERAL (00%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (20%);  GLASS (06%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1440       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    64.80    Silt:
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    69.24    Clay:

Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (29%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (00%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    84.00    Silt: 030%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :    84.75    Clay: 055%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (63%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (03%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   910       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    84.00    Silt: 020%
Core:  10   Sample Depth (m) :    89.41    Clay: 075%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (51%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
DIATOM (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    93.60    Silt: 025%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    94.35    Clay: 065%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (62%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   470       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):    93.60    Silt: 020%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :    97.07    Clay: 070%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (32%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLASS (03%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (08%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):   103.20    Silt: 035%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   106.60    Clay: 045%

Name: MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (60%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (07%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):   103.20    Silt:
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   108.30    Clay:

Name: MARLY FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (24%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (14%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (43%);  DIATOM (07%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   770       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 611A  Top Core Depth(m):   112.80    Silt: 015%
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :   118.07    Clay: 080%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (36%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (29%);
PYRITE (03%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (19%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (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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