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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: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     51        16        33       1.51/ 71            147
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : FORAM RAD DIAT SPONGE NANNO MARL TO CHALK OOZE              
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH MARLY NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                   
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     67        17        16       1.54/ 69            158
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : MARL CHALK OOZES WITH FOSSILS                               
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK       
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     69        16        15       1.50/ 71            157
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : SANDY FORAM NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE                        
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     60        18        23       1.53/ 70            146
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : ANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE WITH SMALL PERCENTAGES OF RADS DIAT 
Screen Lith    : SEMIINDURATED NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                              
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     65        14        21       1.58/ 67            154
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE                                    
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                                            
 
 
 
Leg :  6    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLEISTOCENE
Hole:  47   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: 
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     68        12        21       1.61/ 65            157
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE                                    
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL 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.