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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg 8, hole 71A

Physiographic feature:plain
Total penetration (m):558
# sediment cores:3
Oldest sediment core:3
Oldest sediment age:Upper Eocene
Oldest sediment description: silicified limestone with chert
Type of crust:oceanic
Other holes at this site:71

Data types available:
age profile original delimited  
core depth recovery original delimited  
diatoms original delimited browse
gamma ray attenuation
porosity evaluator 		original delimited  
radiolaria original delimited browse
SCREEN descriptions original delimited browse
site summary information original delimited  
visual descriptions original delimited browse

Related data in the Index to Marine & Lacustrine Geological Samples

External link to borehole logging data at LDEO


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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.