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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (30%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (29%);  PYRITE (05%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (09%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (30%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (39%);  PYRITE (05%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (09%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: DIATOM SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (39%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
DIATOM (30%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: DIATOM SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (39%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
DIATOM (30%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 095%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (30%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (03%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 095%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (30%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (03%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 007%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay: 063%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);  GLASS (03%);
GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 31    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 007%   Sect: CC
Hole: 300   Top Core Depth(m):   107.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.60    Clay: 063%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (46%);  GLASS (03%);
GLAUCONITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (05%);  CARBONATE (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (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.