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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay: 060%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (60%);  ZEOLITE (35%);  IRON (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.50    Clay: 050%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE CLAYEY ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (50%);  ZEOLITE (20%);  GLASS (30%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.70    Clay: 060%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (60%);  ZEOLITE (20%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   170       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.17    Clay: 085%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (70%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  IRON (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.30    Clay: 085%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (70%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  IRON (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.40    Clay: 055%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ZEOLITE CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (55%);  ZEOLITE (35%);  GLASS (02%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (08%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.70    Clay: 080%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  GLASS (70%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.30    Clay: 075%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  GLASS (65%);
IRON (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.90    Clay: 075%

Age : OLIGOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (10%);  GLASS (65%);
IRON (05%);



Leg :  6    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  45A  Top Core Depth(m):    86.30    Silt: 100%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    86.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER CRETACEOUS
Name: LIMESTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CARBONATE (40%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  GLASS (25%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



    

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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.