Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 002%   Sect:  3
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt: 048%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    33.80    Clay: 050%

Name: BIOSILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  DIATOM (08%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (10%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    35.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    35.80    Clay: 038%

Name: MUDDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (28%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (38%);  GLASS (03%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (01%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PLANT DEBRIS (02%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (01%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    40.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    40.50    Clay: 060%


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (05%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    40.00    Silt: 044%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    40.50    Clay: 054%

Name: BIOSILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (04%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (54%);  GLASS (01%);
PYRITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (07%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ROCK FRAGMENT (05%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    45.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    46.10    Clay: 060%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (55%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (03%);
GLASS (01%);  PYRITE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 87    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 003%   Sect:  2
Hole: 583C  Top Core Depth(m):    45.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    47.15    Clay: 037%

Name: MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  GLASS (01%);
PYRITE (05%);  CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);
Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
ROCK FRAGMENT (15%);

Introduction

Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified 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 (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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