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Column Heading |
Data Pertains to |
Example |
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Institution |
Sample |
SIO |
|
Ship |
Sample |
Melville |
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Cruise ID |
Sample |
CATO |
|
Sample ID |
Sample |
12PG |
|
Date Collected |
Sample |
19720824 |
|
Latitude Degree |
Sample |
07 |
|
Latitude Whole Minute |
Sample |
01 |
|
Latitude Tenths of Minutes |
Sample |
9 |
|
N or S |
Sample |
S |
|
Longitude Degree |
Sample |
169 |
|
Longitude Whole Minute |
Sample |
08 |
|
Longitude Tenths of Minutes |
Sample |
2 |
|
E or W |
Sample |
W |
|
Decimal Latitude |
Sample |
N/A (Position data given in minutes.) |
|
Decimal Longitude |
Sample |
N/A (Position data given in minutes.) |
|
Latitude Top |
Sample |
N/A (Use if lat./long. not known exactly.) |
|
Latitude Bottom |
Sample |
N/A (Use if lat./long. not known exactly.) |
|
Longitude Left |
Sample |
N/A (Use if lat./long. not known exactly.) |
|
Longitude Right |
Sample |
N/A (Use if lat./long. not known exactly.) |
|
Type Position Data |
Sample |
Minutes (Only one type position data is entered.) |
|
Water Depth (m) |
Sample |
5840 |
|
Sample Device Code |
Sample |
Trigger/piston (T is current NGDC code.) |
|
Storage Method |
Sample |
Refrigerated (B is current NGDC code.) |
|
Coring/Storage Artifacts |
Sample |
Dried, many desiccation cracks (1998). |
|
Core Length (cm) |
Sample |
92 |
|
Core Diameter (cm) |
Sample |
004 |
|
Bulk Weight |
Sample |
N/A (Use for core-catcher samples.) |
|
Principal Investigator |
Sample |
Peter Lonsdale |
|
Subsequent Describer(s)/Date(s) |
Sample |
T. Walsh/ 1973; P. Worstell/1998 |
|
Point Interval Depth (cm) |
Point |
88 |
|
% Sand-Sized |
Point |
1 |
|
% Silt-Sized |
Point |
39 |
|
% Clay Sized |
Point |
60 (Includes clay-sized grains of all components.) |
|
% Clay Mineral |
Point |
50 (Includes clay minerals only.) |
|
Abundance Clay Mineral |
Point |
Abundant |
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% Mica |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
Abundance Mica |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
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% Glauconite |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Glauconite |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
|
% Calcareous Undifferentiated |
Point |
<1 |
|
Abundance Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
|
% Calc. Nannofossils Undifferentiated |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Calc. Nannofossils Undiff. |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
|
% Coccoliths |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
Abundance Coccoliths |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
% Discoasters |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
Abundance Discoasters |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
% Forams Undifferentiated |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Forams Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
|
% Planktonic Forams |
Point |
N/A (0 forams already given.) |
|
Abundance Planktonic Forams |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
% Benthic Forams |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
|
Abundance Benthic Forams |
Point |
N/A (0 nannoplankton already given.) |
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% Pteropods/Heteropods |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Pteropods/Heteropods |
Point |
N/A (Not necessary if absolute % given.) |
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Column Heading |
Data Pertains to |
Example |
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% Ostracods |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Ostracods |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Shell Fragments |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Shell Fragments |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Biosiliceous Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not used if more detailed data entered.) |
|
Abundance Biosiliceous Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not used if more detailed data entered.) |
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% Diatoms |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Diatoms |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Radiolarians |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Radiolarians |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Sponge Spicules |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Sponge Spicules |
Point |
Trace |
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% Silicoflagellates |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Silicoflagellates |
Point |
Absent |
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% Ichthyoliths |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Ichthyoliths |
Point |
Trace |
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% Plant Material Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Relative abundance given.) |
|
Abundance Plant Material Undiff. |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Pollen/Spores |
Point |
N/A (Plant material already given as absent.) |
|
Abundance Pollen/Spores |
Point |
N/A (Plant material already given as absent.) |
|
% Volcanic Glass |
Point |
5 (The encoder could give both absolute % |
|
Abundance Volcanic Glass |
Point |
Rare and relative abundance data; relative |
|
% Zeolites |
Point |
35 abundance data could be derived |
|
Abundance Zeolites |
Point |
Abundant from the absolute %.) |
|
% Oxides Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not used if more detailed data entered.) |
|
Abundance Oxides Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Not used if more detailed data entered.) |
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% Fe Oxides |
Point |
10 |
|
Abundance Fe Oxides |
Point |
Common |
|
% Pyrite/Marcasite |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Pyrite/Marcasite |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Ferromagnesian Undifferentiated |
Point |
15 |
|
Abundance Ferromagnesian Mins. Undiff. |
Point |
Common |
|
% Heavy Minerals Undifferentiated |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
Abundance Heavy Minerals Undiff. |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
% Barite |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
Abundance Barite |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
% Halite |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Halite |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Gypsum/Anhydrite |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Gypsum/Anhydrite |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Dolomite/Aragonite |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Dolomite/Aragonite |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Phosphate |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
Abundance Phosphate |
Point |
NLF (Not looked for.) |
|
% Siliciclastics Undifferentiated |
Point |
5 |
|
Abundance Siliciclastics Undifferentiated |
Point |
Rare |
|
% Quartz |
Point |
N/A (Included in Siliciclastics Undifferentiated.) |
|
Abundance Quartz |
Point |
N/A (Included in Siliciclastics Undifferentiated.) |
|
% Feldspar Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Included in Siliciclastics Undifferentiated.) |
|
Abundance Feldspar Undifferentiated |
Point |
N/A (Included in Siliciclastics Undifferentiated.) |
|
% Microtektites |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Microtektites |
Point |
Absent |
|
% Rock Fragments |
Point |
0 |
|
Abundance Rock Fragments |
Point |
Absent |
|
Other Components (List) |
Point |
Hornblende, plagioclase, acidic glass, palagonite |
Column Heading |
Data Pertains to |
Example |
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Smear-Slide Comments |
Point |
9cm. Traces only biosiliceous fossils. Ferromag. minerals unusually common. (Add also comments re fossil preservation here.) |
|
Depth Top (cm) |
Interval |
57 |
|
Depth Bottom (cm) |
Interval |
92 |
|
Upper Contact |
Interval |
Gradational texture change. |
|
Munsell Color Code(s) |
Interval |
10YR 4/3 and 10YR 4/4 |
|
Induration |
Interval |
N/A (Use only for fresh cores.) |
|
Structures (Tectonic) |
Interval |
None |
|
Clasts/Inclusions |
Interval |
Mn nodules to 3cm at top. |
|
Mottling/Burrows |
Interval |
60-80cm. Slight mottling. |
|
Bedding/Banding |
Interval |
90-92cm. Darker band. |
|
Age |
Interval |
Pleistocene |
|
Age Basis |
Interval |
Radiolarians - Lonsdale, 1973 |
|
Interval No. |
Interval |
2 |
|
Sediment/Rock Type |
Interval |
Zeolitic-silty clay with ferromagnesian minerals. (Could be computer derived if absolute percentages given.) |
|
Interval Comments |
Interval |
57-92cm. More and larger zeolites down core. |
