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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 045%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.50    Clay: 045%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: SANDY NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (04%);
MICRONODULE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);
NANNOFOSSIL (25%);  DIATOM (10%);  SPICULE (05%);
IRON (06%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.10    Clay: 055%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (02%);
CARBONATE (25%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);
DIATOM (10%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.40    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: SANDY NANNO FORAM OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
DIATOM (10%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.60    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: SANDY DIATOM CALCAR OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  CARBONATE (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
DIATOM (30%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (30%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   950       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.45    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
DIATOM (20%);  SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.85    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (25%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.50    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (25%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.25    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (25%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.65    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (25%);
SPICULE (05%);



Leg : 55    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 433   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.95    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER PLIOCENE
Name: DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (25%);
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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