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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    27.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    29.31
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALOCYCLETTA COSTATA (COMMON/)
  CALOCYCLETTA VIRGINIS (FEW/)
  CANNARTUS MAMMIFER (RARE/)
  CYRTOCAPSELLA CORNUTA (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS ALATA (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS DENTATA (RARE/)
  STICHOCORYS DELMONTENSIS (FEW/)
  STICHOCORYS WOLFII (FEW/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    27.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    36.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALOCYCLETTA CAEPA (FEW/)
  CALOCYCLETTA COSTATA (ABUNDANT/)
  CANNARTUS TUBARIUS (RARE/)
  CYRTOCAPSELLA CORNUTA (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS ALATA (FEW/)
  STICHOCORYS DELMONTENSIS (COMMON/)
  STICHOCORYS WOLFII (COMMON/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    64.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    69.31
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALOCYCLETTA PARVA (RARE/)
  CANNARTUS PRISMATICUS (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS RIEDELI (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (FEW/)
  LITHOCYCLIA ANGUSTA (RARE/)
  THEOCYRTIS ANNOSA (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    64.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    72.31
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALOCYCLETTA ROBUSTA (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS DIDICEROS (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS PAPILIO (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS RIEDELI (RARE/)
  LITHOCYCLIA ANGUSTA (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    64.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    73.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS CIRCULUS (FEW/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS PAPILIO (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS RIEDELI (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    83.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    85.56
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (FEW/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    83.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    88.56
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS CIRCULUS (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS RIEDELI (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    83.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    91.56
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):    83.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    92.35
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (FEW/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS CIRCULUS (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (RARE/)
  LITHOCYCLIA ANGUSTA (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):   102.00   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   6   Depth Top Sample(m) :   104.31
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     5      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS ATEUCHUS (COMMON/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS QUADRIPES (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (FEW/)
  LITHOCYCLIA ANGUSTA (RARE/)
  THEOCYRTIS TUBEROSA (COMMON/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):   102.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   6   Depth Top Sample(m) :   105.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ARTOPHORMIS GRACILIS (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS PSEUDOPAPILIO (RARE/)
  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (COMMON/)
  THEOCYRTIS TUBEROSA (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 820  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):   129.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   8   Depth Top Sample(m) :   134.31
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (FEW/)
  LOPHOCYRTIS JACCHIA (FEW/)
  SETHOCHYTRIS BABYLONIS GROUP (RARE/)
  THEOCYRTIS TUBEROSA (RARE/)



Leg : 17    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 171   Depth Top of Core(m):   129.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   8   Depth Top Sample(m) :   138.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:   873 Investigator(s): MOORE,TC
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 17/ 819

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  DORCADOSPYRIS TRICEROS (COMMON/)
  LOPHOCYRTIS JACCHIA (RARE/)
  PODOCYRTIS PAPALIS (RARE/)
  THEOCYRTIS TUBEROSA (RARE/)
  THEOCAMPE MONGOLFIERI (RARE/)
  THYRSOCYRTIS BROMIA (RARE/)
  THYRSOCYRTIS TETRACANTHA (FEW/)

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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.