skip navigation link

NOAA/NGDC

WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 027%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.05    Clay: 057%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: SANDY CALCITIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  CARBONATE (20%);
LIMONITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.64    Clay:

Age : TERTIARY
Name: QUARTZ

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (85%);  CARBONATE (10%);  LIMONITE (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1090       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.09    Clay: 080%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);
FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.18    Clay: 010%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: CALCARENITE (TURBIDITE)

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (40%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand: 100%   Sect:  2
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.71    Clay:

Age : TERTIARY
Name: COARSE CALCARENITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (90%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay: 035%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (20%);  QUARTZ (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.26    Clay: 085%

Age : TERTIARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (85%);  CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay: 090%

Name: CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CARBONATE (80%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):    40       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    31.10    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.14    Clay: 030%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: SANDY CLAYEY CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (90%);  GLASS (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 100%   Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    31.10    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.35    Clay:

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: FINE CALCARENITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (10%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    31.10    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.90    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: COCCOLITH RICH CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (65%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    31.10    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    32.70    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: COCCO-RICH CALCILUTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (70%);  GLASS (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    71.18    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: COCCOLITH RICH CALCISILTITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (80%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  GLASS (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   325       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    71.33    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  CARBONATE (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
GLASS (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 048%   Sect:  1
Hole:   5   Top Core Depth(m):    71.00    Silt: 052%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    71.73    Clay:

Name: CHLORITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);
GLASS (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



    

intro   areas   data types   legs   holes   documentation   codes


These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced 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, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices.