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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.95    Clay: 073%

Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (12%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
DIATOM (50%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.80    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS SANDY MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (15%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (07%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
DIATOM (40%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1090       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.09    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY WITH DIATOMS

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (07%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  DIATOM (55%);  SPICULE (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 007%   Sect:  4
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 018%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.05    Clay: 075%

Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Name: CLAY WITH VOLC GLASS & DIATOMS

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (12%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (45%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  DIATOM (30%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 040%   Sect: CC
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.65    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
ZEOLITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  DIATOM (48%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1220       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.22    Clay: 060%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (06%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (05%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
PYRITE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
DIATOM (46%);  SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 001%   Sect:  3
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 044%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.05    Clay: 055%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: DIATOMACEOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (47%);  GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (30%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand: 001%   Sect:  4
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 064%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.88    Clay: 035%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (33%);  GLASS (10%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
PYRITE (03%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  CARBONATE (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (35%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);
SILICEOUS FOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand: 025%   Sect:  5
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):     9.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.95    Clay: 030%

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: DETRITAL (CLAYEY SILT) MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (24%);  GLASS (03%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
PYRITE (03%);  ZEOLITE (03%);  CARBONATE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (05%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand: 023%   Sect:  3
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.96    Clay: 027%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SP.SPIC - SANDY CLAYEY SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);  PYRITE (20%);
DIATOM (20%);  SPICULE (25%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.60    Clay: 030%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS SANDY CLAYEY SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
MICA (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  EPIDOTE (15%);
GLAUCONITE (05%);  PYRITE (01%);  DIATOM (35%);
RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    18.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    25.30    Clay: 045%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
PYRITE (05%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  DIATOM (30%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    29.82    Clay: 055%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (28%);
GLAUCONITE (15%);  PYRITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (15%);  SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand: 008%   Sect:  4
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    33.14    Clay: 012%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FERRIC SANDY SILT

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (12%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (07%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (10%);
PALAGONITE (10%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  PYRITE (48%);
ZEOLITE (04%);  DIATOM (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 494   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 095%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    33.85    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: VITRIC ASH

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
GLASS (94%);  DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);

Introduction


Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified 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 (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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