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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg 26, hole 258A

Physiographic feature:plateau
Total penetration (m):123.5
# sediment cores:9
Oldest sediment core:9
Oldest sediment age:Santonian
Oldest sediment description: foram-and micarb-bearing chalks and silicified limestone
Type of crust:oceanic
Rock description:altered basalt
Other holes at this site:258  258B

Data types available:
age profile original delimited  
carbon/carbonate original delimited  
core depth recovery original delimited  
density-porosity original delimited  
grain size original delimited  
planktonic foraminifera original delimited browse
SCREEN descriptions original delimited browse
site summary information original delimited  
smearslide descriptions original delimited browse
sonic velocity original delimited  
visual descriptions original delimited browse

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