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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg 90, hole 593A

Physiographic feature:plateau
Total penetration (m):497
# sediment cores:27
Oldest sediment core:27
Oldest sediment age:Oligocene
Oldest sediment description: nannofossil chalk
Type of crust:oceanic
Other holes at this site:593
Adjacent sites : 284

Data types available:
age profile original delimited  
core depth recovery original delimited  
density-porosity original delimited  
discrete sediment
paleomagnetics 		original delimited browse
gamma ray attenuation
porosity evaluator 		original delimited  
planktonic foraminifera original delimited browse
SCREEN descriptions original delimited browse
site summary information original delimited  
smearslide descriptions original delimited browse
visual descriptions original delimited browse

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