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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand: 025%   Sect:  1
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.17    Clay: 015%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: QTZ RICH DIATOM RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (20%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  MANGANESE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (40%);  RADIOLARIA (25%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 078%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.45    Clay: 002%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: QTZ RICH DIATOM RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (21%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
DIATOM (30%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);  SPICULE (00%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   890       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.39    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC AND QTZ RICH RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (13%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (13%);  GLAUCONITE (13%);
DIATOM (23%);  RADIOLARIA (36%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.43    Clay:

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: QTZ RAD BEARING RADS DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  DIATOM (50%);
RADIOLARIA (45%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.45    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC RAD DIATOM SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  MICA (05%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (25%);
GLAUCONITE (25%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  DIATOM (30%);
RADIOLARIA (20%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.80    Clay:

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: QTZ BEARING GLAUC RICH DIATOM RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (07%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
GLAUCONITE (10%);  DIATOM (35%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);
SPICULE (03%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.80    Clay: 005%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC RICH RADS RICH DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (15%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (25%);  GLAUCONITE (20%);  MICRONODULE (05%);
DIATOM (25%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.10    Clay:

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC BEARING QTZ RICH DIATOM RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  GLAUCONITE (07%);
DIATOM (35%);  RADIOLARIA (45%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   490       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     5.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.01    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: SILT AND GLAUC RICH RAD DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (05%);
GLAUCONITE (20%);  MICRONODULE (02%);  DIATOM (35%);
RADIOLARIA (20%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 045%   Sect:  6
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):     5.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.22    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: RAD SP.SPIC GLAUC RICH SILTY SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (15%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (35%);  GLASS (10%);  GLAUCONITE (20%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
SPICULE (15%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1460       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):    33.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    34.96    Clay: 030%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC NODULE DETRITAL CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (85%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (02%);
GLAUCONITE (05%);  MICRONODULE (08%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1090       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):    33.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    36.09    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC DETRITAL SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (20%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (35%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);
GLASS (02%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  GLAUCONITE (25%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):  1120       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):    33.50    Silt: 065%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    36.12    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC BEARING NODULE RICH CLAYEY SILT

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (87%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  MICRONODULE (10%);  ZEOLITE (01%);
EPIDOTE (02%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):    52.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    53.15    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC QTZ BEARING MICACEOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (20%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (45%);  GLASS (02%);
GLAUCONITE (10%);  PYRITE (02%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 29    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole: 275   Top Core Depth(m):    52.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    55.60    Clay: 030%

Age : UPPER CAMPANIAN
Name: GLAUC NODULE DETRITAL SANDY SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (85%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (86%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);  MICRONODULE (10%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  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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