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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 450  Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  24   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  198.00    Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  198.45    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.45
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      6         0        94           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SANDSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : GLAUCONITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH SANDY MUDSTONE            
 
 
 
Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 770  Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  24   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  207.00    Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  207.77    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.77
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0       100       1.82/ 53              5
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY SANDSTONE                                             
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH SANDY MUDSTONE                                  
 
 
 
Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  24   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  226.50    Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Core:   4   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  228.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0       100       1.91/ 47            158
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : CLAYSTONE                                                   
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLAYSTONE                                 
 
 
 
Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  24   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  228.00    Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Core:   4   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  229.50    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1         0        99       1.79/ 55            157
 
Processing Hist: 
Shipboard Lith : CLAY                                                        
Screen Lith    : CLASTIC SEDIMENT.                                           
 
 
 
Leg :  4    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Hole:  24   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  229.50    Age: LOWER MIOCENE
Core:   4   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  231.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0       100       1.70/ 59            158
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : CLAY                                                        
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH CLAY

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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.