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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  800/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.80    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   10.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.70
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        89           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   10.50    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   12.00    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        89           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   12.00    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   13.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
    100         2         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   13.50    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   15.00    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   15.00    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   16.50    Age: 
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   16.50    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   18.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  550/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   19.05    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   20.00    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.95
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   20.00    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   21.50    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   21.50    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   23.00    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   23.00    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   24.50    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE            
 
 
 
Leg : 39    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   24.50    Age: UPPER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   26.00    Age: 
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE

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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.