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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand: 045%   Sect:  1
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.98    Clay: 025%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (07%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (07%);
PALAGONITE (05%);  CARBONATE (07%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (09%);  FECAL PELLET (08%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (13%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.15    Clay: 030%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (03%);  GLASS (02%);
PALAGONITE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (05%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  FECAL PELLET (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 025%   Sect:  4
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.55    Clay: 045%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (04%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (23%);  GLASS (03%);
PALAGONITE (04%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  GLAUCONITE (03%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FECAL PELLET (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (04%);
Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (03%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 013%   Sect:  5
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.32    Clay: 067%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (59%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.10    Clay: 065%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  GLASS (05%);
PALAGONITE (03%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);  CARBONATE (04%);
CLAY MINERAL (39%);  FECAL PELLET (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   420       Sand: 060%   Sect:  5
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.92    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (23%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  ZEOLITE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 080%   Sect:  5
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.10    Clay: 010%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (05%);  PALAGONITE (20%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (10%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):     8.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.10    Clay: 065%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (08%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (03%);
PALAGONITE (02%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (02%);  CARBONATE (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (47%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):    27.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.55    Clay: 030%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):  1370       Sand: 050%   Sect:  4
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):    27.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    33.72    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (20%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  CARBONATE (03%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 025%   Sect: CC
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):    27.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    36.95    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  GLASS (05%);
PALAGONITE (08%);  ROCK FRAGMENT (15%);  ZEOLITE (10%);
CLAY MINERAL (20%);



Leg : 38    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 045%   Sect: CC
Hole: 352   Top Core Depth(m):    37.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    41.60    Clay: 020%

Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (22%);
HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  CLAY MINERAL (50%);
CARBONATE (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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