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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  800/ 800  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.80
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (TRACE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (TRACE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (TRACE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  870/ 870  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.87
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     4

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (TRACE/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA ANNULA (TRACE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1230/1230  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.23
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1110/1110  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     2.61
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     3

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1440/1440  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     2.94
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASPIDORHABDUS STYLIFER (RARE/)
  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (TRACE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA PHASEOLA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (TRACE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1500/1500  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     3.00
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:    18

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (TRACE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (TRACE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA ANNULA (TRACE/)
  DISCOASTER ASTER (TRACE/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (TRACE/)
  DISCOLITHINA PHASEOLA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SEMINULUM (TRACE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (TRACE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA DISCOPORA (TRACE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SCUTELLUM (TRACE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (TRACE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  100/ 100  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     3.10
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:    12

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASPIDORHABDUS STYLIFER (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (TRACE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA PHASEOLA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (ABUNDANT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1440/1440  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     4.44
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  940/ 940  Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.44
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS DORONICOIDES (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA ANNULA (PRESENT/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     7.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ASPIDORHABDUS STYLIFER (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA PHASEOLA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg :  4    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  260/ 260  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole:  23   Depth Top of Core(m):   121.00
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :   121.26
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    10

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA PARALLELA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA TRUNCATA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS BELEMNOS (PRESENT/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS CARINATUS (PRESENT/)

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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.