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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  100.00    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  101.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        25           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE                                        
Screen Lith    : RADIOLARIA RICH SEMIINDURATED NANNOFOSSIL OOZE              
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  101.50    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  103.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     35        50        25           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO RAD OOZE                                              
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL RICH RADIOLARIA OOZE                            
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  103.00    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  104.50    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     35        50        25           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO RAD OOZE                                              
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL RICH RADIOLARIA OOZE                            
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  104.50    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  106.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      5        95         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : RAD OOZE                                                    
Screen Lith    : RADIOLARIA OOZE                                             
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  106.00    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  107.50    Age: 
Sect:  5    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     35        50         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : RAD OOZE                                                    
Screen Lith    : RADIOLARIA OOZE                                             
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/   0  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  107.60    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  107.60    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : LIMY BIOGENOUS OOZES                                        
Screen Lith    :  CALCAREOUS OOZE                                            
 
 
 
Leg :  5    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/   0  Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Hole:  42A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  107.10    Age: MIDDLE EOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  107.10    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : LIMY BIOGENOUS OOZES                                        
Screen Lith    :  CALCAREOUS OOZE

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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.