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Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    15.10    Clay:

Name: SILT-RICH CLAY RICH DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (00%);
DIATOM (60%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    15.30    Clay:

Name: DIATOM SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  DIATOM (35%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 065%   Sect:  2
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    16.15    Clay:

Name: VOLCANIC SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (55%);  PYROXENE (10%);  MICA (03%);
HORNBLENDE (01%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    16.90    Clay: 075%

Name: SAND-BEARING SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (25%);  DIATOM (00%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    17.75    Clay: 010%

Name: GLASS-BEARING VOLCANIC SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (55%);  PYROXENE (05%);  MICA (02%);
GLASS (10%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 100%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    18.73    Clay:

Name: VITRIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  GLASS (90%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (00%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 030%   Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    19.25    Clay:

Name: FELDPATHIC SANDY SILT

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (70%);  PYROXENE (10%);  MICA (00%);
UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (20%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    19.55    Clay: 080%


Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (02%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    20.30    Clay: 075%


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PYROXENE (00%);  MICA (00%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
DIATOM (00%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    20.75    Clay:

Name: DARK VITRIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (25%);  GLASS (20%);  PYRITE (50%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   440       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    23.44    Clay:

Name: GLASS-BEARING VOLCANIC SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (50%);  PYROXENE (05%);  MICA (03%);
GLASS (10%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (30%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    24.30    Clay:

Name: DIATOM SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);  DIATOM (30%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    26.30    Clay: 090%

Name: SILT-BEARING CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  PYROXENE (00%);  MICA (00%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (00%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    26.60    Clay: 070%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (25%);  PYROXENE (01%);  MICA (00%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  DIATOM (00%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    23.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    27.30    Clay:

Name: VOLCANIC ASHY SAND

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (30%);  PYROXENE (01%);  GLASS (40%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    42.75    Clay: 020%

Name: VOLCANIC CLAYEY SANDY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (45%);  PYROXENE (07%);  MICA (03%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (20%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    43.50    Clay:

Name: GLASS-BEARING VOLCANIC SILTY SAND




Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    44.20    Clay: 070%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (25%);  PYROXENE (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    45.30    Clay: 050%

Name: CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (30%);  PYROXENE (15%);  GLASS (02%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 060%   Sect:  3
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    45.45    Clay:

Name: SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (55%);  PYROXENE (15%);  GLASS (20%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (15%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 040%   Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    45.60    Clay:

Name: VITRIC VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (25%);  PYROXENE (15%);  GLASS (60%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   870       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 090%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    46.37    Clay: 010%

Name: FINE GRAINED LIMESTONE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (90%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    46.60    Clay: 070%


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (20%);  PYROXENE (08%);  MICA (00%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1480       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    48.48    Clay:

Name: VITRIC ASH




Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):   790       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    49.29    Clay: 080%


Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (20%);  PYROXENE (00%);  MICA (00%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);



Leg : 19    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 191A  Top Core Depth(m):    41.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    49.90    Clay: 065%

Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (30%);  PYROXENE (00%);  MICA (00%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (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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