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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   571.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :   576.56
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER CALCARIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER VARIABILIS (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   661.50   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :   667.96
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CATINASTER COALITHUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER EXILIS (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   862.70   Group Abund: FEW
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :   864.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (FEW/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   890.90   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   8   Depth Top Sample(m) :   892.43
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  650/ 660  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   919.20   Group Abund: FEW
Core:  11   Depth Top Sample(m) :   921.36
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   919.20   Group Abund: FEW
Core:  11   Depth Top Sample(m) :   921.52
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA MULTIPORA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   928.70   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:  12   Depth Top Sample(m) :   936.22
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (FEW/)
  HELICOSPHAERA AMPLIAPERTA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA EUPHRATIS (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  400/ 410  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   938.10   Group Abund: RARE
Core:  13   Depth Top Sample(m) :   940.01
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     3      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   938.10   Group Abund: FEW
Core:  13   Depth Top Sample(m) :   941.85
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   947.50   Group Abund: RARE
Core:  14   Depth Top Sample(m) :   947.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)



Leg : 57    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole: 438B  Depth Top of Core(m):   956.90   Group Abund: RARE
Core:  15   Depth Top Sample(m) :   959.59
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  1180 Investigator(s): SHAFFER,B.L.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)

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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.