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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 283A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    15      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 29/ 493

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS RETICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA BISECTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA MINUTULUS (Q) (COMMON/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA MINUTULUS (Q) (ABUNDANT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  400/ 400  Sample Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Hole: 283A  Depth Top of Core(m):    11.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    11.40
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 29/ 493

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER ASYMMETRICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA MINUTULUS (Q) (COMMON/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  980/ 980  Sample Age : NEOGENE
Hole: 283A  Depth Top of Core(m):    11.00   Group Abund: PRESENT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    11.98
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 29/ 493

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  RHABDOLITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  400/ 400  Sample Age : NEOGENE
Hole: 283A  Depth Top of Core(m):    11.00   Group Abund: PRESENT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    15.90
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     1      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 29/ 493

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)



Leg : 29    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : NEOGENE
Hole: 283A  Depth Top of Core(m):    11.00   Group Abund: PRESENT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    20.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: POOR

Date:       Investigator(s): EDWARDS,A.R.;PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 29/ 493

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OVALIS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA SP. SMALL (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA BISECTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA BISECTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PLACOMORPHA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA  SP. (SMALL) (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.