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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   246.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :   252.34    Clay: 082%

Name: MUDSTONE M QTZ 1,FEL 3,MICA 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 89,VOLC.GLAS 3,PYR 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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RADIOLARIA (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   255.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   257.02    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 001%   Sect:  2
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   255.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   257.65    Clay: 084%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: MUDSTONE M QTZ 1,FEL 2,MICA TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 92, VOLC.GLAS 1,PYR 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   274.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   274.95    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: MUDSTONE M QTZ 2,FEL 1,CLAY 86,VOLC.GLAS 3,GLAUC TR, CARB 5

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 003%   Sect: CC
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   284.20    Silt: 005%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   284.25    Clay: 092%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: CLAY (STONE) M QTZ 2,FEL 1,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 87,VOLC.GLAS 1, GLAUC 1,PYR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
 (RB%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   820       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   293.90    Silt: 003%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   294.72    Clay: 097%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY M CLAY 70,VOLC.GLAS TR,CARB 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   303.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   303.68    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS CLAY M QTZ 1,FEL TR,CARB 15

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   303.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   304.34    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: CLAY/ASH M QTZ 5,FEL 2,CLAY 68,VOLC.GLAS 20/N ALTERED, ZEOL TR,CARB 5

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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NANNOFOSSIL (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand: 008%   Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   313.10    Silt: 022%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :   313.64    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: MUD M QTZ 3,FEL 1,MICA TR,CLAY 90/N SILT,HB TR, VOLC.GLAS 5,ZEOL TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   332.30    Silt: 030%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   332.44    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: TRANSITIONAL BIOGENIC (RATHER CALC) M FEL 3,HVY.MINS 1/N HBL,CLAY 45,VOL
Name: C.GLAS 5, GLAUC TR,PYR 1,CARB 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (20%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 020%   Sect: CC
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   332.30    Silt: 055%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   334.18    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: TRANS. BIOGENIC SILICEOUS MUDSTONE M QTZ 1,FEL 2,HVY.MINS TR/N BROWN HBL

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   170       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 569A  Top Core Depth(m):   332.30    Silt: 030%
Core:   9   Sample Depth (m) :   334.25    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: TRANSITIONAL BIOGENIC SILICEOUS MUDSTN M FEL 3,MICA 1,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 58

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (06%);  SPICULE (05%);

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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.