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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 68    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 503   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: QUATERNARY
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     40        25        67       1.25/ 87            136
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO MARL AND SILICEOUS OOZE                               
Screen Lith    : MARLY NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                                      
 
 
 
Leg : 68    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 503   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: QUATERNARY
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     40        25        67       1.24/ 87            143
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILIC                                                       
Screen Lith    : SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE                 
 
 
 
Leg : 68    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 503   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: QUATERNARY
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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     40        25        67       1.27/ 85            144
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS OOZE AND CLAY                                     
Screen Lith    : SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE                 
 
 
 
Leg : 68    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 503   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: 
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.70    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        67           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS CLAY                                              
Screen Lith    : SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH CLAY                                  
 
 
 
Leg : 68    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 100  Age: 
Hole: 503   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.80    Age: 
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.90    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        67           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : SILICEOUS CLAY                                              
Screen Lith    : SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH 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.