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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  460/ 460  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.46
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    15

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA (FEW/)
  SCAPHOLITHUS FOSSILIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (COMMON/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA (FEW/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     6.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    13

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS ABIES (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (COMMON/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  UMBILICOSPHAERA MIRABILIS (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  100/ 100  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    28.60
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    15

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA TASMANIAE (Q) (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA (FEW/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 700  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    30.70
Sect:  2    No. Observed Fossils:    13

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS MIOPELAGICUS (PRESENT/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 700  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    32.20
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:    14

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS MIOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 700  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    33.70
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:    12

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA TASMANIAE (Q) (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  700/ 700  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    35.20
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:    14

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS MIOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA TASMANIAE (Q) (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (FEW/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  550/ 550  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    36.55
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    13

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS MIOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA TASMANIAE (Q) (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  580/ 580  Sample Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    36.58
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    14

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS MIOPELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA MACINTYREI (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER BROUWERI (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER DEFLANDREI (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA TASMANIAE (Q) (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (FEW/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA PSEUDOUMBILICA (COMMON/)
  SPHENOLITHUS NEOABIES (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  620/ 620  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    36.62
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:    29

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (FEW/)
  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (RARE/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS ALTUS (RARE/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (FEW/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA EOPELAGICA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA FORMOSA (FEW/)
  ERICSONIA OBRUTA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OVALIS (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA COMPACTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA INTERMEDIA (PRESENT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA LOPHOTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA RECTA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA RETICULATA (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SEMINULUM (RARE/)
  ISTHMOLITHUS RECURVUS (RARE/)
  MARKALIUS INVERSUS (RARE/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS MIRABILIS (RARE/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS PROCERUS (PRESENT/)
  PEDINOCYCLUS LARVALIS (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA MULTIPORA (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA WECHESENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA ABISECTA (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA OAMARUENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (FEW/)
  RHABDOLITHUS SP. (PRESENT/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (FEW/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (COMMON/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  620/ 620  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    28.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    38.12
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    18

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (FEW/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS ALTUS (RARE/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (FEW/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER TANII (FEW/)
  ERICSONIA EOPELAGICA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA FORMOSA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OBRUTA (FEW/)
  ERICSONIA OVALIS (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA LOPHOTA (RARE/)
  ISTHMOLITHUS RECURVUS (FEW/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS MIRABILIS (RARE/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS PROCERUS (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA OAMARUENSIS (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (FEW/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (COMMON/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    56.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    64.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    25

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (FEW/)
  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (PRESENT/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (FEW/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS SP. (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TANII (COMMON/)
  ERICSONIA EOPELAGICA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA FORMOSA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OBRUTA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OVALIS (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA LOPHOTA (RARE/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS MIRABILIS (FEW/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS PROCERUS (RARE/)
  NEOCOCCOLITHES DUBIUS (PRESENT/)
  PEDINOCYCLUS LARVALIS (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA MULTIPORA (PRESENT/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA WECHESENSIS (PRESENT/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA HILLAE (COMMON/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA RETICULATA (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (FEW/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (FEW/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   00/  10  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    85.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    85.01
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    28

Date:   877 Investigator(s): PERCH-NIELSEN,K.
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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  BRAARUDOSPHAERA BIGELOWII (RARE/)
  BRAMLETTEIUS SERRACULOIDES (RARE/)
  CHIASMOLITHUS OAMARUENSIS (RARE/)
  CRUCIPLACOLITHUS SP. (RARE/)
  DICTYOCOCCITES BISECTUS (FEW/)
  DISCOASTER SAIPANENSIS (RARE/)
  DISCOASTER TANII (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA EOPELAGICA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA FORMOSA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OBRUTA (RARE/)
  ERICSONIA OVALIS (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA LOPHOTA (RARE/)
  ISTHMOLITHUS RECURVUS (PRESENT/)
  MARKALIUS INVERSUS (RARE/)
  MICRANTHOLITHUS MIRABILIS (RARE/)
  NEOCOCCOLITHES DUBIUS (RARE/)
  NEOCOCCOLITHES MINUTUS (RARE/)
  PEDINOCYCLUS LARVALIS (RARE/)
  PEMMA SP. (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA MULTIPORA (RARE/)
  PONTOSPAHERA SP. (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA RETICULATA (FEW/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA UMBILICA (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS MORIFORMIS (RARE/)
  SPHENOLITHUS PSEUDORADIANS (RARE/)
  THORACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)
  TRANSVERSOPONTIS SP. (RARE/)
  ZYGRHABLITHUS BIJUGATUS (FEW/)



Leg : 39    Top/Bot Interval(mm):    0/   0  Sample Age : UPPER EOCENE
Hole: 359   Depth Top of Core(m):    85.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    89.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     1

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  ERICSONIA FORMOSA (PRESENT/)

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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