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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  760/ 780  Sample Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.77
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS BELEMNOS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS CIPEROENSIS (PRESENT/)
  TRIQUETRORHABDULUS CARINATUS (Q) (PRESENT/)



Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 770  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :     9.76
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     9

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII TANII (PRESENT/)
  PYROCYCLUS HERMOSUS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA INSIGNATA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS DISTENTUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PREDISTENTUS (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PSEUDORADIANS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 770  Sample Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):    27.00
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    27.76
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS NEOGAMMATION (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER TANII TANII (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 770  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):    27.00
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    35.26
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)



Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  750/ 770  Sample Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):    64.00
Core:   8   Depth Top Sample(m) :    64.76
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     6

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS FURCATOLITHOIDES (PRESENT/)



Leg :  5    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  670/ 690  Sample Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42   Depth Top of Core(m):    92.00
Core:  11   Depth Top Sample(m) :    95.68
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  CHIPHRAGMALITHUS QUADRATUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS BISECTUS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LUSITANICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MARTINII (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA DICTYODA (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.