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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.20    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL FORAMINIFER OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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GLASS (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (73%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
SPICULE (02%);  IRON (04%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
OSTRACOD (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (80%);  PTEROPOD (12%);
LAMELLIBRANCH (07%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     1.90    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     2.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  OSTRACOD (01%);
CALCAREOUS SPICULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (51%);
LAMELLIBRANCH (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);  PTEROPOD (02%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     1.90    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     2.70    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);  OSTRACOD (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  PTEROPOD (03%);
IRON (02%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     1.90    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     3.30    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
OSTRACOD (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);
PTEROPOD (02%);  IRON (01%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 526   Top Core Depth(m):     1.90    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     3.50    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
OSTRACOD (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);
PTEROPOD (01%);  CALCAREOUS SPICULE (01%);

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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.