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Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   360       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.36    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CARBONACEOUS MUD (OOZE)

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  CARBONATE (75%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.98    Clay: 095%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CARBONACEOUS MUD OR CONCRETION

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (95%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.08    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CALCAR MUD OR OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (95%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.07    Clay:

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: ALGAL LIMESTONE




Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    19.90    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CALCAR SILTY MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (85%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    20.58    Clay:

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: ALGAL LIMESTONE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (99%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    38.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    38.10    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CALCAR MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand: 005%   Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    38.00    Silt: 085%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    38.11    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: CALCAR MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
CARBONATE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   120       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    38.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    38.12    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: MARLY CALCAR MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (35%);  GLASS (05%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  CARBONATE (00%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):    60       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    57.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    57.06    Clay: 070%

Name: CALCAR MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (05%);  CARBONATE (75%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 430A  Top Core Depth(m):    57.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    57.30    Clay: 020%

Name: VOLCANIC SAND (ASH)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (60%);  CARBONATE (15%);



    

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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