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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.42    Clay: 060%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBON FRAGMENT (06%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (55%);
NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.10    Clay: 060%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CARBON FRAGMENT (12%);  GLASS (38%);  PALAGONITE (38%);
NANNOFOSSIL (08%);  IRON (04%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.60    Clay: 060%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBON FRAGMENT (15%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
NANNOFOSSIL (12%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    12.50    Silt: 085%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.05    Clay:

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH BEARING CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBON FRAGMENT (55%);  GLASS (15%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
MICRONODULE (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1120       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    12.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.12    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH BEARING CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBON FRAGMENT (39%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
MICRONODULE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    12.50    Silt: 085%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: BIOGENIC SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (23%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
PYRITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);
IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   520       Sand: 085%   Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    40.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    41.02    Clay:

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: BIOGENIC SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBON FRAGMENT (75%);  PALAGONITE (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    40.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    41.50    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: PYRITE-BEARING CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBON FRAGMENT (55%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
MICRONODULE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    59.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    59.30    Clay:

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: PYRITE BEARING CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBON FRAGMENT (55%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
PYRITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (15%);  ZEOLITE (06%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 32    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 308   Top Core Depth(m):    59.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    59.85    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: PYRITE BEARING CARBONATE SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBON FRAGMENT (65%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
MICA (06%);  PYRITE (15%);  MICRONODULE (15%);
IRON (06%);



    

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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.