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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  490/ 500  Sample Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Hole:  20A  Depth Top of Core(m):    15.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    15.50
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 624

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



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 710  Sample Age : OLIGOCENE
Hole:  20A  Depth Top of Core(m):    15.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    15.70
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 608

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA COMPACTA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  20A  Depth Top of Core(m):    15.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    23.99
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SCISSURA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (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.