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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 76    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 534   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.00    Clay: 060%

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (11%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (09%);
NANNOFOSSIL (51%);  DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (09%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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SPICULE (02%);

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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.