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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):   170       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.17    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL LIME MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CARBONATE (38%);  FORAMINIFERA (16%);  NANNOFOSSIL (38%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (04%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.22    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO LIME MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (52%);  CARBONATE (04%);  ZEOLITE (04%);
NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  DIATOM (04%);  RADIOLARIA (16%);
SPICULE (16%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):  1500       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.00    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO-BEARING LIME MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (06%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):   520       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.52    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: LIME MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (01%);  PYROXENE (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  HORNBLENDE (01%);  AUGITE (01%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (55%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (23%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (30%);  FORAMINIFERA (11%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);
DIATOM (03%);  RADIOLARIA (11%);  SPICULE (11%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.60    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);
RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (55%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     5.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     5.05    Clay:

Age : UPPER OLIGOCENE
Name: FORAM-NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (00%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (80%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);
NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (06%);  RADIOLARIA (23%);
SPICULE (23%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     5.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     8.10    Clay:

Age : CENOZOIC

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  APATITE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);
DIATOM (06%);  RADIOLARIA (55%);  SPICULE (23%);



Leg : 17    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 165   Top Core Depth(m):     5.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     8.10    Clay:

Age : CENOZOIC
Name: FORAM-RAD-NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (04%);  ZEOLITE (04%);  CARBONATE (39%);
FORAMINIFERA (16%);  DIATOM (16%);  RADIOLARIA (16%);
SPICULE (04%);



    

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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