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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 065%   Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   177.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   177.00    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: TURBIDITE SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (60%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 080%   Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   177.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   177.00    Clay: 005%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: TURBIDITE SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (25%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   710       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   177.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   177.71    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (70%);  RADIOLARIA (30%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   177.00    Silt: 053%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   177.90    Clay: 040%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (80%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   177.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   178.30    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (90%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   242.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   243.00    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   307.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   308.00    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   307.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   309.10    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   307.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   310.70    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: COCCO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   307.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   312.80    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PHOSPHATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   660       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   380.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   380.66    Clay:

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: NANNO MUDSTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (18%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  BIOTITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   380.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   381.00    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: MUDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   411.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   411.54    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: DOLOMITIC NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1030       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   411.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   412.03    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER SENONIAN
Name: NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   443.00    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   444.60    Clay:

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CHERT FRAGMENT (01%);  DOLOMITE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  13A  Top Core Depth(m):   461.00    Silt:
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   462.50    Clay: 100%

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: SHALE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (99%);



    

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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.