Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    28.70    Clay: 070%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    31.00    Clay: 035%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (56%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 030%   Sect:  4
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    33.75    Clay: 040%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (05%);  LIMONITE (02%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   620       Sand: 025%   Sect:  6
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    28.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    36.62    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);
LIMONITE (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    56.50    Silt: 055%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    56.90    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
GLASS (02%);  GLAUCONITE (10%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1280       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    56.50    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    57.78    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
GLASS (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (05%);
CARBONATE (05%);  LIMONITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 005%   Sect:  3
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    56.50    Silt: 045%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    60.50    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (25%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);
GLAUCONITE (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (10%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 020%   Sect:  4
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    56.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    61.73    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  MICA (02%);
GLASS (55%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1150       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    86.15    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS VOLCANIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  BIOTITE (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
GLASS (30%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (05%);  ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (02%);
LIMONITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    86.40    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (25%);
GLASS (30%);  GLAUCONITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
ZEOLITE (10%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  DIATOM (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    86.53    Clay: 025%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: ASHY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  GLASS (30%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
ZEOLITE (05%);  CARBONATE (45%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    86.60    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: ASHY CHALK?

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (20%);
LIMONITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (05%);  CARBONATE (40%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);



Leg : 39    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 359   Top Core Depth(m):    85.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    86.87    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (40%);  GLASS (50%);  ZEOLITE (10%);

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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