Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 001%   Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    30.00    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);
PLANT DEBRIS (06%);  PTEROPOD (01%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.50    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (34%);  ZIRCON (04%);  QUARTZ (14%);
PYRITE (04%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
CARBONATE (04%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (18%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    29.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    32.75    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: QUARTZOSE CALCAREOUS SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (32%);  MICA (17%);  PYRITE (04%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);  CARBONATE (32%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  DIATOM (04%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    87.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    89.40    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS TERRIGENOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (27%);  CLAY MINERAL (27%);  DOLOMITE (03%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  CARBONATE (27%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (35%);
NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  PLANT DEBRIS (11%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    87.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    92.20    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS TERRIGENOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (27%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);
CARBONATE (27%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);
PLANT DEBRIS (11%);  CLAY MINERAL (27%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):    87.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    94.05    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SLIGHTLY CALC TERRIGENOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (32%);  DOLOMITE (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);
CARBONATE (13%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (13%);
PLANT DEBRIS (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (32%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   125.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   127.48    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: QUARTZOSE-CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (33%);  MICA (08%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);
CARBONATE (33%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);  ZIRCON (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (14%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   125.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   130.40    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: QUARTZOSE-CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (33%);  MICA (04%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);  CARBONATE (33%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);
CLAY MINERAL (14%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   173.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   175.72    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (33%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  DOLOMITE (04%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (04%);  CARBONATE (14%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (15%);
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  PLANT DEBRIS (04%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   173.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   178.72    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (23%);  DOLOMITE (06%);  CARBONATE (29%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   173.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   181.72    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (26%);  MICA (06%);  DOLOMITE (03%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  CARBONATE (26%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (30%);
ARAGONITE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (26%);  NANNOFOSSIL (03%);
PLANT DEBRIS (03%);  HEAVY MINERAL (03%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   220.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   222.70    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (38%);  DOLOMITE (04%);  CARBONATE (16%);
CLAY MINERAL (38%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   258.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   259.23    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SIDERITIC SPHERULITIC MUDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (23%);  MICA (06%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (30%);
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  PLANT DEBRIS (06%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1280       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   258.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   259.28    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  DOLOMITE (06%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);
CARBONATE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  PLANT DEBRIS (06%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   258.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   259.40    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: ARGILACEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (12%);  MICA (03%);  PYRITE (12%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (12%);  CARBONATE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (28%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);  SPHERULITE (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (28%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   258.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   259.45    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (23%);  MICA (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  ZIRCON (02%);
ARAGONITE (06%);  PLANT DEBRIS (06%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   262.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   263.00    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: TERRIGENOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (23%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);
MICA (01%);



Leg : 10    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  92   Top Core Depth(m):   265.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   269.60    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SIDERITIC SPHERULITIC SILTY MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SIDERITE (75%);

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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