Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.03    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE BEARING MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.75    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (06%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.10    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE BEARING MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (06%);
CARBONATE (08%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     6.75    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE BEARING MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  CARBONATE (08%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
SPICULE (00%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     8.25    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (04%);  DOLOMITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.75    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE DIATOM MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (02%);  CARBONATE (07%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
DIATOM (08%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   780       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.28    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):     6.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.25    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    15.43    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (75%);  DIATOM (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    15.90    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    17.40    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE RICH MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    18.90    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.40    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.35    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITE SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (06%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLAUCONITE (90%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.90    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITE MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLAUCONITE (15%);  CARBONATE (02%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    15.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    23.40    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE RICH MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   780       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    24.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    26.28    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   720       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    24.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.72    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (01%);  DIATOM (06%);  SPICULE (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   770       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    24.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.77    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: COARSE ANGULAR SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    24.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    29.55    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CARBONATE CLAY




Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    37.53    Clay: 085%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (06%);



Leg : 18    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 176   Top Core Depth(m):    32.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    40.53    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (01%);  CARBONATE (02%);  DIATOM (01%);
SPICULE (02%);

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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