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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    46.50    Clay: 090%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    49.50    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ZEOLITE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (38%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
PTEROPOD (58%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    49.50    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    51.00    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    52.50    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    54.00    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (71%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.60    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    46.50    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    55.60    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    62.50    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER EOCENE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    64.00    Clay: 100%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 002%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    65.50    Clay: 098%

Age : LOWER EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (90%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 003%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    68.50    Clay: 097%

Age : LOWER EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    61.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    68.50    Clay: 090%

Age : LOWER EOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt: 002%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    71.60    Clay: 098%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (92%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt: 003%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    73.10    Clay: 097%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (84%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt: 002%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    73.10    Clay: 098%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (78%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    74.60    Clay:

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (71%);  FORAMINIFERA (14%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 015%   Sect:  5
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt: 025%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    76.85    Clay: 060%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  FORAMINIFERA (40%);



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt: 003%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    77.45    Clay: 097%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  3    Top Int Depth(mm):   960       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  21A  Top Core Depth(m):    70.10    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    78.56    Clay: 100%

Age : MAESTRICHTIAN
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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

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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.