Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):     0.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   1   Depth Top Sample(m) :     0.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (RARE/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA DORONICOIDES (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA WALLICHII (FEW/)
  PONTOSPHAERA JAPONICA (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)
  THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   70/  80  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    24.50
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    24.57
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS RADIATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA INFLEXA (RARE/)
  EMILIANIA HUXLEYI (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (ABUNDANT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    24.50   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   2   Depth Top Sample(m) :    28.70
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (COMMON/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA DORONICOIDES (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (COMMON/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    34.00   Group Abund: RARE
Core:   3   Depth Top Sample(m) :    34.10
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     2      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  410/ 420  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    43.50
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    49.92
Sect:  5    No. Observed Fossils:    11

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  COCCOLITHUS RADIATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA INFLEXA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA SELLII (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    43.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   4   Depth Top Sample(m) :    50.20
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     6      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (ABUNDANT/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (COMMON/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   80/  90  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    53.00
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    53.09
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:    12      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  COCCOLITHUS RADIATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA SELLII (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA DISCOPORA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)
  SCYPHOSPHAERA APSTEINII (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1200/1210  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    53.00
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    58.71
Sect:  4    No. Observed Fossils:     5      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (Q) (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    53.00   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   5   Depth Top Sample(m) :    59.00
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA ANISOTREMA (RARE/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (COMMON/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA DORONICOIDES (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SCUTELLUM (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   60/  70  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    62.50
Core:   6   Depth Top Sample(m) :    62.57
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOLITHELLA INFLEXA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  HELICOSPHAERA SELLII (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA DISCOPORA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm): 1310/1320  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    62.50
Core:   6   Depth Top Sample(m) :    66.82
Sect:  3    No. Observed Fossils:     4      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    62.50   Group Abund: COMMON
Core:   6   Depth Top Sample(m) :    67.01
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA CARIBBEANICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA (FEW/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SELLII (FEW/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SCUTELLUM (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):   80/  90  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    72.00
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    72.09
Sect:  1    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS MACINTYREI (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  PONTOSPHAERA DISCOPORA (Q) (PRESENT/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):  410/ 420  Sample Age : UNKNOWN
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    72.00
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    79.92
Sect:  6    No. Observed Fossils:     8      Group Presv: MODERATE

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (COMMON/)
  COCCOLITHUS RADIATUS (RARE/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHUS LEPTOPORUS (RARE/)
  DISCOLITHINA JAPONICA (RARE/)
  GEPHYROCAPSA APERTA (RARE/)
  PSEUDOEMILIANIA LACUNOSA (RARE/)
  RETICULOFENESTRA SP. (RARE/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA SP. (RARE/)



Leg : 49    Top/Bot Interval(mm):     /      Sample Age : PLIOCENE
Hole: 409   Depth Top of Core(m):    72.00   Group Abund: ABUNDANT
Core:   7   Depth Top Sample(m) :    82.60
Sect: CC    No. Observed Fossils:     7      Group Presv: GOOD

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Fossils (Abundance/Preservation):
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  COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS (ABUNDANT/)
  CYCLOCOCCOLITHINA LEPTOPORA (FEW/)
  EMILIANIA ANNULA (COMMON/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA KAMPTNERI (RARE/)
  HELICOPONTOSPHAERA SELLII (FEW/)
  PONTOSPHAERA SCUTELLUM (FEW/)
  SYRACOSPHAERA HISTRICA (FEW/)

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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