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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):    34.60    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    34.68    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (14%);  FELDSPAR (14%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (57%);  GLASS (02%);
CARBONATE (08%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):   103.60    Silt: 005%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   107.20    Clay: 095%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (03%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (88%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  PYRITE (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 001%   Sect:  4
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):   103.60    Silt: 084%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   108.35    Clay: 015%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (69%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  PYRITE (01%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 001%   Sect:  4
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):   113.20    Silt: 089%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   118.15    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: COARSE SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (66%);  FELDSPAR (04%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  PYRITE (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   880       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):   113.20    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   120.08    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (78%);  PYRITE (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  CARBONATE (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 96    Top Int Depth(mm):   680       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 616A  Top Core Depth(m):   122.80    Silt: 005%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   126.48    Clay: 095%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (04%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (88%);  PYRITE (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
SPICULE (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.