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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 011%   Sect: CC
Hole:  24A  Top Core Depth(m):   503.00    Silt: 026%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   504.60    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: RAD CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (25%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  DETRITAL MATERIAL (15%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  IRON (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  24A  Top Core Depth(m):   540.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   541.60    Clay: 065%

Age : CAMPANIAN
Name: SILTY CLAYSTONE GREYWACKE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (30%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);  CARBONATE (05%);
PYRITE (02%);  MICA (01%);  TOURMALINE (01%);
BARITE (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  24A  Top Core Depth(m):   540.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   541.60    Clay: 060%

Age : CAMPANIAN
Name: CLAY-SILTSTONE GREYWACKE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (30%);  CLAY MINERAL (60%);  PYRITE (05%);
DETRITAL MATERIAL (05%);  TOURMALINE (01%);  APATITE (01%);
FELDSPAR (01%);  BIOTITE (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole:  24A  Top Core Depth(m):   550.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   552.77    Clay: 055%

Age : CAMPANIAN
Name: CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (35%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FELDSPAR (03%);  DETRITAL MATERIAL (02%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  24A  Top Core Depth(m):   550.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   553.10    Clay: 030%

Age : CAMPANIAN
Name: SANDY SILTY GREYWACKE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (21%);  CLAY MINERAL (21%);  FELDSPAR (14%);
BIOTITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (14%);  MICA (01%);
TOURMALINE (01%);  ILMENITE (01%);  TOPAZ (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (21%);

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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.