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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 100  Age: LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  176.20    Age: LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  176.30    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 250  Age: LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  185.90    Age: LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  186.15    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.25
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: 
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: 
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0       1.33/ 82            128
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      2        20        78           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      2        30        68           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : DIATOM RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                           
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      3         4        93           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : FELDSPAR RICH QUARTZ RICH SAND                              
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: 
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLASTIC SEDIMENT.                                           
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     28         5        67           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                      
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 480  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.00    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.48    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect:  7    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.48
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        67           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg : 84    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 200  Age: CENOZOIC
Hole: 567   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.58    Age: PLEISTOCENE
Core: H 1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.78    Age: MIDDLE MIOCENE
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        67           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Data incomplete; interpretation allowed manual encoding.
Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD

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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.