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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   174.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   174.10    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: SANDY CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (23%);  GLAUCONITE (06%);  PYRITE (23%);
CARBONATE (06%);  ZEOLITE (23%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   222.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   228.75    Clay: 085%

Name: SILTY NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (03%);  GLASS (34%);
PYRITE (14%);  CARBONATE (03%);  ZEOLITE (03%);
LIMONITE (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (34%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   222.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   231.10    Clay: 010%

Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);  GLAUCONITE (23%);
CARBONATE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   270.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   271.13    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER TERTIARY
Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (23%);  PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (23%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   270.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   277.10    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (23%);  GLAUCONITE (06%);  CARBONATE (23%);
CLAY MINERAL (23%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   270.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   279.38    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  MICA (06%);  GLASS (55%);
PALAGONITE (06%);  GLAUCONITE (06%);  PYRITE (23%);
CARBONATE (23%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   272.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   273.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER TERTIARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  PYROXENE (03%);
MICA (03%);  GLASS (13%);  PALAGONITE (30%);
GLAUCONITE (03%);  PYRITE (03%);  CARBONATE (13%);
ZEOLITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (13%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
DIATOM (03%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   276.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   277.40    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SANDY CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (06%);  PYRITE (23%);
CARBONATE (23%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   276.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   280.42    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY MARLY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (06%);  GLASS (55%);  GLAUCONITE (06%);
PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (23%);  ZEOLITE (06%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   276.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   280.42    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PYROXENE (02%);
GLASS (22%);  PALAGONITE (09%);  GLAUCONITE (09%);
PYRITE (09%);  ZEOLITE (09%);  FORAMINIFERA (09%);
NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   276.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   281.80    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (55%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
GLAUCONITE (06%);  PYRITE (23%);  CARBONATE (06%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (23%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   276.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   282.75    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (36%);  PALAGONITE (15%);  PYRITE (15%);
CARBONATE (15%);  LIMONITE (04%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (15%);



Leg : 12    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 117A  Top Core Depth(m):   294.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   296.20    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  GLASS (32%);
PALAGONITE (13%);  CARBONATE (32%);  ZEOLITE (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (13%);

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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.