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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   249.60    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   249.65    Clay: 070%

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: SIL GLAU PYR CARB.UNSPEC QTZ CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (69%);  GLASS (03%);
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
DIATOM (01%);  RADIOLARIA (03%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 090%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   259.23    Clay: 010%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: MICRITIC LIMESTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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MICA (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (01%);
CARBONATE (87%);  OPAL (01%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):   140       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   259.34    Clay: 050%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: BIOGENIC SILICA FORAM RICH NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (23%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (49%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 93    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 604A  Top Core Depth(m):   259.20    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   260.60    Clay: 055%

Age : NEOGENE
Name: PYR BEARING GLAU NANNO QTZ SILT CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (52%);  GLASS (10%);  PYRITE (05%);
CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);

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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.