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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    20.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    21.49
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 625

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : PLIOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    20.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    21.49
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 609

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GIGAS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA DICTYODA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS FURCATOLITHOIDES (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (PRESENT/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS SP. (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    20.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    28.99
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 625

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PREPENTARADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    68.49
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    11

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER GEMMEUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS DISTICHUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  MARTHASTERITES CONTORTUS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS CRATICULUS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS EMINENS (PRESENT/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  880/ 890  Sample Age : PALEOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    73.89
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 610

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GIGAS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA ROBUSTA (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER GEMMEUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LENTICULARIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS MACELLUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS EMINENS (PRESENT/)
  ZYGOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   40/  50  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  21   Depth Top of Core(m):    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    74.55
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 625

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CALIFORNICUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS ROBUSTUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS DISTICHUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS MACELLUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS CRATICULUS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS EMINENS (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.