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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.20    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):  1360       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.36    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (02%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (61%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):    90       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.59    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (85%);
SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.14    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.56    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (94%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.43    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PALAGONITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.10    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (02%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (98%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.32    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (94%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 37    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 332   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (96%);



    

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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.