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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt: 001%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    28.63    Clay: 099%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  IRON (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    29.15    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
IRON (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (99%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt: 003%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    30.65    Clay: 097%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (97%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt: 002%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    32.15    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  IRON (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (97%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    33.36    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  IRON (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (96%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    35.15    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (05%);  IRON (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.40    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    36.65    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (02%);  IRON (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (98%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    37.90    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  IRON (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (97%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    38.30    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    39.90    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (08%);  IRON (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (89%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt: 001%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    41.05    Clay: 099%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  IRON (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (97%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    42.35    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: ZEOL NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (08%);  IRON (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    43.35    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (98%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    44.25    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  17A  Top Core Depth(m):    37.50    Silt: 001%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    45.75    Clay: 099%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (99%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);

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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.