Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.65    Clay: 033%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (24%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (10%);
CARBONATE (19%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   870       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.37    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (40%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.60    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (50%);  CARBONATE (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.30    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     9.40    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.80    Clay: 065%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (64%);  GLASS (01%);
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 055%   Sect:  1
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     9.40    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.30    Clay: 005%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (68%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (10%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):     9.40    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.20    Clay: 080%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  ISOTROPIC MINERAL (05%);
CARBONATE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 003%   Sect:  1
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.88    Clay: 057%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (59%);  CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):  1240       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 065%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.94    Clay: 015%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (31%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (29%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   960       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 055%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.16    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (49%);  GLASS (21%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):  1020       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.22    Clay: 065%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);
CALCAREOUS SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 063%   Sect:  4
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 032%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    23.46    Clay: 005%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (75%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   760       Sand: 070%   Sect:  5
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    18.70    Silt: 025%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    25.46    Clay: 005%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (72%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 614   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    29.35    Clay: 038%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (40%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (38%);  CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);

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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