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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   50/  60  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    28.40
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    28.46
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PREPENTARADIATUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  740/ 750  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    28.40
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    33.65
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 607

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   60/  70  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    28.40
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    35.97
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   30/  40  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    37.50
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    37.54
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     2

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  770/ 780  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    37.50
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    42.78
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 607

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS CARINATUS (Q) (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   40/  50  Sample Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    37.50
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    45.05
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     2

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   40/  50  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    85.40
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    85.45
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS CIPEROENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    85.40
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    94.39
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS CIPEROENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   20/  30  Sample Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    94.60
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    96.13
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA COMPACTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/  20  Sample Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    94.60
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :   100.61
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA COMPACTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   30/  40  Sample Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Hole:  17A  Depth Top of Core(m):    94.60
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :   102.14
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 622

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA COMPACTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (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.