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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         2        99       1.22/ 89             87
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY                                         
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         3        97       1.34/ 81             36
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY                                         
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0       100       1.21/ 89            158
 
Processing Hist: 
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC MUD                                          
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0       100       1.21/ 89            153
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY                                         
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0        10        90       1.26/ 86            160
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH SANDY MUD                                 
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: NO AGE GIVEN
Hole:  46   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: LOWER OLIGOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: UPPER CRETACEOUS
Sect:  6    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         1        99           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY                                         
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY

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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.