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Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):     3.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (55%);
ZEOLITE (00%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):     3.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.70    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);
ZEOLITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):    13.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.60    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: PELAGIC BROWN CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);
MICRONODULE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):    22.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    22.90    Clay: 060%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (06%);  GLASS (23%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (00%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1180       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):    22.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    24.68    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (23%);  GLASS (55%);  PYRITE (23%);
MAGNETITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   111.92    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (23%);  PYROXENE (23%);  GLASS (55%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   112.25    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1070       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   114.07    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand: 035%   Sect:  3
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):   110.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   114.38    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (23%);  PYROXENE (23%);  GLASS (55%);
MONTMORILLONITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  63A  Top Core Depth(m):   165.00    Silt: 035%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   167.05    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

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