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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  770/ 780  Sample Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    29.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    30.68
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS DORONICOIDES (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  900/ 910  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    29.90
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    32.31
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER CHALLENGERII (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 760  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    40.20
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    42.46
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER CHALLENGERII (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 760  Sample Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    40.20
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    43.96
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:    11

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS RUGOSUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER AULAKOS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DIVARICATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DRUGGII (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  740/ 750  Sample Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    48.20
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    51.95
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS CIPEROENSIS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  740/ 750  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    48.20
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    53.45
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  740/ 750  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    71.30
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    76.55
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII TANII (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PSEUDORADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  740/ 750  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    71.30
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    78.05
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA SP. (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII TANII (PRESENT/)
  ISTHMOLITHUS RECURVUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1270/1280  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    89.50
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    90.78
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS DANICUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII TANII (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  780/ 790  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):    89.50
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    91.79
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     8

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (PRESENT/)
  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  2    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  770/ 780  Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  10   Depth Top of Core(m):   176.20
Core:   9   Depth Top Sample(m) :   176.98
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS CRASSUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER KUEPPERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  LOPHODOLITHUS NASCENS (PRESENT/)

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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.