Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):     5.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.18    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (78%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):     5.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.68    Clay: 070%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (29%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);
GLASS (05%);  CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   128.90    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   129.65    Clay:

Name: MARLY SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (29%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (08%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   138.50    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   139.00    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (68%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   148.10    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   150.10    Clay:


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (34%);  DIATOM (08%);
SPICULE (07%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   167.30    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   168.30    Clay:

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (01%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (01%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (63%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   172.30    Silt: 015%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   178.67    Clay: 085%

Name: MARLY SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  MICA (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (04%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (07%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   176.90    Silt:
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   178.70    Clay:

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   176.90    Silt:
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   181.70    Clay:


Components:  ()
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (56%);  DIATOM (04%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   186.50    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   189.72    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (04%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (82%);
DIATOM (03%);  SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   186.50    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   190.30    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (81%);  DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   224.90    Silt:
Core:  13   Sample Depth (m) :   228.60    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (89%);  DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 611D  Top Core Depth(m):   234.50    Silt:
Core:  14   Sample Depth (m) :   236.65    Clay:


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (87%);  DIATOM (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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