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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  710/ 720  Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.72
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: GOOD

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  MICRASCIDITES VULGARIS (TUNICATE) (PRESENT/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SYRACUSANA (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (PRESENT/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (PRESENT/)



Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   00/  10  Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     1.51
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: GOOD

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 66/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SYRACUSANA (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (PRESENT/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (PRESENT/)



Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     2.58
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     9      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 66/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SYRACUSANA (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (PRESENT/)
  THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII (PRESENT/)
  THORACOSPHAERA IMPERFORATA (PRESENT/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (PRESENT/)



Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   20/  30  Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):     2.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :     5.53
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:    10      Group Presv: MODERATE

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 66/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  CERATOLITHUS CRISTATUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  EMILIANIA HUXLEYI (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA PROTOHUXLEYI (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (PRESENT/)
  THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII (PRESENT/)
  THORACOSPHAERA IMPERFORATA (PRESENT/)



Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):     2.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :     7.45
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 66/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (PRESENT/)



Leg : 66    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Hole: 493A  Depth Top of Core(m):    12.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    13.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: POOR

Date:  2/82 Investigator(s): STRADNER
Join:       IR Volume/Page : 66/ 624

Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
================================
  CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS (PRESENT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (PRESENT/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (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.