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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   100.25    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   101.20    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   101.40    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  RADIOLARIA (65%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   101.96    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (60%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):  1030       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   102.53    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (40%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   103.26    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (08%);  RADIOLARIA (92%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   530       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   103.53    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  RADIOLARIA (70%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):  1030       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   104.03    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   105.32    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  RADIOLARIA (95%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   106.95    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (99%);



Leg :  5    Top Int Depth(mm):  1110       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole:  42A  Top Core Depth(m):   100.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   107.11    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  RADIOLARIA (70%);



    

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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.