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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):    60.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    60.10    Clay: 095%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt: 004%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   144.70    Clay: 096%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1110       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.11    Clay: 085%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1155       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.16    Clay: 009%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt: 004%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.17    Clay: 095%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt: 003%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.18    Clay: 097%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.25    Clay: 095%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (01%);  PYRITE (02%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1460       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   144.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   145.46    Clay: 060%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: CALCITE INCLUSION

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
MICA (20%);  GLASS (20%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (60%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   164.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   164.10    Clay: 100%

Age : ALBIAN
Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   199.60    Silt: 001%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   199.75    Clay: 099%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (98%);
NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   199.60    Silt: 002%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   200.00    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (01%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (99%);  NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   199.60    Silt: 002%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   200.70    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (98%);  NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   199.60    Silt: 001%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   201.05    Clay: 099%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (97%);
NANNOFOSSIL (97%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   219.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   220.60    Clay: 098%

Age : BARREMIAN
Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   226.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   226.10    Clay: 099%

Age : BARREMIAN
Name: PARTLY SILICIFIED NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  NANNOFOSSIL (94%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   229.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   229.50    Clay: 098%

Age : BARREMIAN
Name: PARTLY SILICIFIED NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  NANNOFOSSIL (94%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   229.00    Silt: 001%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   229.70    Clay: 099%

Age : BARREMIAN
Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (97%);



Leg : 13    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 120   Top Core Depth(m):   229.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   229.75    Clay: 098%

Age : BARREMIAN
Name: PARTLY SILICIFIED NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (93%);  NANNOFOSSIL (91%);

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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.