Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  950/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.95    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.55
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     50        35         0           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO CHALK OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                                           
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     72         1        27           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO CHALK OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     68         2        31           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO-FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     66         0        34           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO-FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.00    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     71        12        17           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: QUATERNARY
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     69        15        17           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  200/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.20    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   10.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.30
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     68        14        18           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : CALCAREOUS OOZE.                                            
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   18.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   19.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     73        42         0           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL RICH  CALCAREOUS OOZE         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1150  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   19.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   20.65    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.15
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     71         4        25           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   21.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   22.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     69         3        28           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK                         
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   22.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   24.00    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     70         0         0           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : CHALK.                                                      
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   24.00    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   25.50    Age: 
Sect:  5    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     68         0         0           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : CHALK.                                                      
 
 
 
Leg : 16    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 157A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   25.50    Age: UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   27.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     73        25         2           /                  
 
Processing Hist: Classification was successful.
Shipboard Lith : NANNO FORAM CHALK OOZE                                      
Screen Lith    : DIATOM RICH NANNOFOSSIL CHALK

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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