Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   330       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    91.33    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (55%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   530       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    91.53    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1240       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    92.24    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBONATE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (06%);  IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    92.35    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: PYRITIC NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PYRITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   910       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    93.41    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    95.76    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: PYRITIC MARL OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PYRITE (55%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand: 035%   Sect:  5
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    97.32    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLAUCONITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   330       Sand: 060%   Sect:  5
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    97.33    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand: 060%   Sect:  5
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    97.54    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM CHALK OOZE




Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):    91.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   100.10    Clay: 060%

Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (04%);  GLASS (04%);  PALAGONITE (04%);
PYRITE (04%);  ZEOLITE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (36%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (15%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   205.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   206.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   205.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   212.25    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PYROXENE (06%);  QUARTZ (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 010%   Sect:  6
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   205.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   213.68    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  PYROXENE (06%);
MICA (06%);  GLASS (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   205.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   214.10    Clay: 060%

Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  PYRITE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (23%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   720       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   299.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   301.22    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 035%   Sect:  3
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   395.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   399.32    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  PYRITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   395.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   404.10    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   490.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   496.10    Clay: 060%

Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  PYRITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   574.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   575.50    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: DOLOMITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (19%);  GLAUCONITE (19%);
CARBONATE (19%);  ZEOLITE (08%);  TOURMALINE (08%);
FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (19%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   574.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   575.60    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: DOLOMITE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  MICA (55%);
PYRITE (06%);  CARBONATE (55%);  ZEOLITE (06%);
FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  62   Top Core Depth(m):   580.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   580.10    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: COCCO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  MICA (55%);  GLAUCONITE (23%);
CARBONATE (06%);  ZEOLITE (06%);

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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