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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 : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    46.50
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    47.99
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    46.50
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    55.49
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GIGAS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER PERPLEXUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS FURCATOLITHOIDES (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    46.50
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    55.49
Sect:  6    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 : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    61.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    62.49
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS CRASSUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS GAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTEROIDES KUEPPERI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    61.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    65.49
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     7

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

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTEROIDES KUEPPERI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)
  ZYGOLITHUS DUBIUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    61.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    69.99
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

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

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  MARTHASTERITES TRIBRACHIATUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    61.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    69.99
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     9

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS CRASSUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS GAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTEROIDES KUEPPERI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SEMINULUM LOPHOTA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1480/1500  Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    70.10
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    71.59
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    15

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS CRASSUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS GAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS DISTICHUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS MACELLUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  MARTHASTERITES TRIBRACHIATUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS CRATICULUS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS EMINENS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  3    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   20/  30  Sample Age : LOWER EOCENE
Hole:  21A  Depth Top of Core(m):    70.10
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    77.63
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    11

Date:       Investigator(s): GARTNER,S.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  3/ 626

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CHIASMOLITHUS BIDENS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CALIFORNICUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS ROBUSTUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER FORMOSUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER LODOENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS DISTICHUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS RADIANS (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.