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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):  1330       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.33    Clay:

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO MARL

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (28%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
MANGANESE (03%);  CARBONATE (06%);  ARAGONITE (03%);
DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (03%);
IRON (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (28%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):  1440       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.44    Clay:

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (13%);
GLAUCONITE (03%);  MANGANESE (03%);  CARBONATE (16%);
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (31%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);
SPICULE (03%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (03%);  IRON (03%);
Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay:

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);  GLAUCONITE (06%);
MANGANESE (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):    13.50    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    15.00    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);
CLAY MINERAL (14%);  GLAUCONITE (04%);  MANGANESE (04%);
CARBONATE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (14%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);
IRON (04%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    25.20    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CLAY FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (04%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLAUCONITE (04%);  MANGANESE (04%);
CARBONATE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (37%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  IRON (04%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):    32.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    34.80    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);
GLAUCONITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  IRON (06%);



Leg : 41    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 369   Top Core Depth(m):    32.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    38.40    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (16%);
MANGANESE (04%);  GLAUCONITE (04%);  CARBONATE (04%);
ARAGONITE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);
IRON (04%);

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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.