Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   130       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    19.48    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIFEROUS NANNO OOZE LUMP

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  GLAUCONITE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    24.70    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
ZEOLITE (10%);  CARBONATE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   160       Sand: 003%   Sect:  5
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 027%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    25.51    Clay: 070%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
PYRITE (01%);  CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    28.30    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: MARLY CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (08%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
ZEOLITE (15%);  CARBONATE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.00    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (08%);  MICA (02%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    36.93    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (08%);  CLAY MINERAL (08%);  GLASS (10%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
DIATOM (08%);  RADIOLARIA (08%);  SPICULE (08%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 020%   Sect:  6
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    36.93    Clay: 050%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  GLASS (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (08%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 356A  Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    37.00    Clay:

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS CALC OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (08%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  GLASS (10%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);
DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (05%);

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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