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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1450/1500  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole:  47A  Depth Top of Core(m):    96.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    97.47
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  6/1005

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS EOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER ORNATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER QUINQUERAMUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1450/1500  Sample Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Hole:  47A  Depth Top of Core(m):    96.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    97.47
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    14

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  6/ 975

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CAMPYLOSPHAERA DELA (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS TRICORNICULATUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS CONSUETUS (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS GRANDIS (PRESENT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS FORMOSUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER GEMMEUS (Q) (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER QUINTATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER SURCULUS (PRESENT/)
  ELLIPSOLITHUS MACELLUS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS TYMPANIFORMIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ANARRHOPUS (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS EMINENS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  260/ 270  Sample Age : MIOCENE
Hole:  47A  Depth Top of Core(m):    96.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    97.76
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): HAY,W.W.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  6/1005

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CHIASMOLITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BARBADIENSIS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER MULTIRADIATUS (PRESENT/)
  DISCOASTER QUINQUERAMUS (PRESENT/)



Leg :  6    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  830/ 840  Sample Age : LOWER PALEOCENE
Hole:  47A  Depth Top of Core(m):    96.00
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :    98.34
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     5

Date:       Investigator(s): BUKRY,D.
Join:       IR Volume/Page :  6/ 975

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS CAVUS (PRESENT/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS TENUIS (PRESENT/)
  FASCICULITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)
  TOWEIUS CRATICULUS (PRESENT/)
  ZYGODISCUS SIGMOIDES (PRESENT/)

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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.