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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand: 070%   Sect:  1
Hole: 457   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     4.15    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VOLCANIC SAND WITH FORAMINIFERA

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (25%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (60%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 457   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     6.00    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: MUDDY VITRIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (60%);
CARBONATE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   390       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 457   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.39    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VITRIC ASH W/BIOGENIC COMPONENTS

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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FELDSPAR (15%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (35%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 099%   Sect:  3
Hole: 457   Top Core Depth(m):     4.00    Silt: 001%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     7.40    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: COARSE VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (98%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand: 020%   Sect:  4
Hole: 457   Top Core Depth(m):    13.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.17    Clay: 040%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SILTY VITRIC ASH WITH NANNOS

Components:  ()
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FELDSPAR (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (25%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



    

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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