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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   211.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   211.10    Clay: 085%

Age : CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (32%);  GLASS (03%);  MICRONODULE (13%);
ZEOLITE (32%);  IRON (16%);  DIATOM (03%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   211.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   211.10    Clay: 085%

Age : CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY WITH SILICIFIED RAD AND ?FORAM MOLDS

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (14%);  CLAY MINERAL (33%);  GLASS (03%);
ZEOLITE (33%);  FORAMINIFERA (00%);  DIATOM (03%);
RADIOLARIA (14%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   220.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   220.10    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER ALBIAN
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY WITH RED MOLDS (SILICIFIED)

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (14%);  CLAY MINERAL (34%);  GLASS (04%);
ZEOLITE (34%);  RADIOLARIA (14%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   229.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   238.30    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  GLASS (03%);  MICRONODULE (14%);
ZEOLITE (33%);  IRON (17%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   238.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   240.10    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (32%);  GLASS (03%);  MICRONODULE (13%);
ZEOLITE (32%);  IRON (16%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   247.80    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   249.00    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  GLASS (14%);  PALAGONITE (03%);
ZEOLITE (33%);  IRON (17%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   247.80    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   250.40    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: HIGHLY ZEOLITIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  GLASS (28%);  PALAGONITE (03%);
ZEOLITE (33%);  IRON (03%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   247.80    Silt: 010%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   250.90    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: ZEOLITIC CLAY WITH SOME CHERT FRAGMENTS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (14%);  CLAY MINERAL (34%);  GLASS (04%);
ZEOLITE (34%);  RADIOLARIA (14%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   266.20    Silt: 035%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   267.50    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: NANNO CLAY WITH CHERT FRAGMENTS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (14%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  PALAGONITE (04%);
MICRONODULE (04%);  ZEOLITE (14%);  IRON (14%);
RADIOLARIA (14%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   275.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   276.85    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER CRETACEOUS
Name: CLAYEY FERRUGENOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (16%);  GLASS (04%);  IRON (38%);
ZEOLITE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (38%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 303A  Top Core Depth(m):   284.80    Silt:
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   285.30    Clay:

Name: CALCITE VEINLET

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (06%);  CARBONATE (75%);

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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.