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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    96.22    Clay: 015%

Name: FINE SILTY SANDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (35%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
MICA (55%);  IRON (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);
HORNBLENDE (01%);  TOURMALINE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 085%   Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    97.65    Clay:

Name: FINE TO MEDIUM SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (80%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  BIOTITE (01%);
MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);  HORNBLENDE (01%);
PYROXENE (01%);  TOPAZ (01%);  IRON (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    98.50    Clay: 070%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (25%);  MICA (01%);  FELDSPAR (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    99.26    Clay: 070%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (25%);  CLAY MINERAL (65%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 045%   Sect:  3
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):    96.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   100.40    Clay: 015%

Name: VERY FINE SAND SILTY QTZ SANDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (55%);  MICA (01%);  BIOTITE (01%);
HORNBLENDE (01%);  CARBONATE (11%);  PYROXENE (01%);
APATITE (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   105.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   105.00    Clay: 075%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (75%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
MICA (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 087%   Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   105.00    Silt: 008%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.80    Clay:

Name: SANDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (75%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1440       Sand: 087%   Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   105.00    Silt: 008%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.94    Clay:

Name: FINE SANDSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (75%);  MICA (01%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
ZIRCON (01%);  HORNBLENDE (01%);  APATITE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   227.00    Silt: 072%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   229.25    Clay: 028%

Name: SILTY CLAYSTONE TO CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (45%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  FELDSPAR (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):    10       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   401.00    Silt: 019%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   401.01    Clay: 056%

Name: SANDY SILT CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (35%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (09%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   401.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   401.23    Clay: 020%

Name: SANDY SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (70%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (10%);
MICA (01%);  HORNBLENDE (01%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 012%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   477.75    Clay: 088%

Name: SLIGHTLY SILTY CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  MICA (03%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (02%);
CARBONATE (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (84%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   479.20    Clay: 080%

Name: SLIGHTLY SILTY CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (08%);  CLAY MINERAL (67%);  MICA (04%);
FELDSPAR (04%);  CARBONATE (17%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 031%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   480.75    Clay: 069%

Name: SILTY CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (60%);  MICA (12%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (08%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):    00       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 024%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   481.50    Clay: 066%

Name: CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (14%);  CLAY MINERAL (70%);  MICA (10%);
FELDSPAR (06%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   270       Sand: 008%   Sect:  4
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 055%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   481.77    Clay: 037%

Name: CLAYEY SILT,SLIGHTLY SANDY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (45%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  BIOTITE (01%);
MICA (01%);  TOURMALINE (01%);  ZIRCON (01%);
APATITE (01%);  PYROXENE (01%);  BARITE (01%);
OLIVINE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   481.92    Clay: 080%

Name: CALCEROUS CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (08%);  CARBONATE (17%);



Leg :  4    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  26   Top Core Depth(m):   477.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   482.50    Clay: 082%

Name: SILTY CLAY CALCEROUS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (05%);

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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.