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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 12    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  620/ 670  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole: 117A  Depth Top of Core(m):   270.00
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :   270.93
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12

Date: 8/72  Investigator(s): CHEETHAM
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 12/ 436

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BEISSELINA SP. (23/)
  COSCINOPLEURA SP. ( 9/)
  CRIBRILARIA RADIATA ( 2/)
  FLORIDINA SP. (Q) (13/)
  MEMBRANIPORIDRA SP. (Q) ( 4/)
  MOLLIA SP.(Q) ( 4/)
  PACHYTHECELLA SP. (Q) ( 3/)
  PLIOPHLOEA SP. ( 4/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 3/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 8/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) (10/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) (10/)



Leg : 12    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1270/1320  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole: 117A  Depth Top of Core(m):   270.00
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :   271.58
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    14

Date: 8/72  Investigator(s): CHEETHAM
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BEISSELINA SP. (32/)
  COSCINOPLEURA SP. (11/)
  FLORIDINA SP. (Q) ( 5/)
  FLORIDINA SP. (Q) ( 1/)
  MEMBRANIPORIDRA SP. (Q) ( 3/)
  MOLLIA SP.(Q) ( 4/)
  PACHYTHECELLA SP. (Q) ( 2/)
  PLIOPHLOEA SP. ( 3/)
  SCHIZOSTOMELLA SP. (Q) ( 1/)
  SEMISCHARINELLA SP. (Q) ( 1/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 7/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 5/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) (17/)
  STAMENOCELLA SP. ( 2/)



Leg : 12    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1010/1050  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole: 117A  Depth Top of Core(m):   270.00
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :   278.81
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date: 8/72  Investigator(s): CHEETHAM
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BEISSELINA SP. (20/)
  COSCINOPLEURA SP. (67/)
  ELLISINA SP. (Q) ( 2/)
  PERIPOROSELLA SP. (Q) ( 5/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 2/)



Leg : 12    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  950/1000  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole: 117A  Depth Top of Core(m):   285.00
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :   285.97
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date: 8/72  Investigator(s): CHEETHAM
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BEISSELINA SP. (44/)
  COSCINOPLEURA SP. ( 8/)
  CRIBRILARIA RADIATA ( 2/)
  ELLISINA SP. (Q) ( 5/)
  LUNULITES SP.(Q) ( 6/)
  PACHYTHECELLA SP. ( 1/)
  PERIPOROSELLA SP. (Q) ( 5/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 2/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 3/)
  STAMENOCELLA OCULATA (Q) ( 1/)



Leg : 12    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1300/1340  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole: 117A  Depth Top of Core(m):   294.00
Core:   8   Depth Top Sample(m) :   295.32
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12

Date: 8/72  Investigator(s): CHEETHAM
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BALANTIOSTOMA SEPTENTRIONALIS (Q) ( 2/)
  BEISSELINA SP. ( 5/)
  FLORIDINA SP. (Q) ( 1/)
  FLORIDINA SP. (Q) ( 2/)
  MEMBRANIPORIDRA SP. (Q) (19/)
  MOLLIA SP.(Q) (11/)
  PACHYTHECELLA SP. ( 6/)
  PERIPOROSELLA SP. (Q) ( 2/)
  PLIOPHLOEA SP. ( 2/)
  SEMISCHARINELLA SP. (Q) ( 1/)
  SMITTIPORA SP. (Q) ( 7/)
  STAMENOCELLA OCULATA (Q) ( 3/)

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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.