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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):    10       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.11    Clay: 090%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: COCCOLITH OOZE

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



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   530       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.13    Clay: 080%

Age : PLIOCENE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (20%);  CARBONATE (05%);  LIMONITE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.70    Clay: 100%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (80%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  LIMONITE (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):   790       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.39    Clay: 100%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: CREAM COLORED MATERIAL IN CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (95%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  GLASS (02%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):   235.60    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   237.20    Clay: 075%

Name: CLAYEY COCCOLITH MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  MICA (02%);  GLASS (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (15%);



Leg :  1    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:   7   Top Core Depth(m):   235.60    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   237.20    Clay: 075%

Name: SPICULE-COCCOLITH CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  CARBONATE (02%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (20%);

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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.