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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   740       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  84   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.02    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC RAD DIATOM FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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GLAUCONITE (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);
GLASS (02%);  HORNBLENDE (02%);  IRON (02%);
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  84   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.28    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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PALAGONITE (15%);  GLAUCONITE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);
NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HORNBLENDE (01%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  84   Top Core Depth(m):     9.20    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.95    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD GLAUCONITIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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GLAUCONITE (12%);  VOLC MATERIAL FRAG (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  84   Top Core Depth(m):    27.40    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.43    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD DIATOM GLAUCONITE VOLCANIC NANNO OOZE TO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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ESTIMATED CARBONATE (55%);  GLAUCONITE (07%);  VOLC MATERIAL FRAG (12%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);

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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