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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   840       Sand: 070%   Sect:  1
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.84    Clay:

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY VITRIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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FELDSPAR (20%);  HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (40%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (10%);  CARBONATE (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);
DIATOM (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   980       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.98    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: VITRIC SILICEOUS-CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (10%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (05%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  DIATOM (05%);
RADIOLARIA (15%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   610       Sand: 002%   Sect:  2
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 048%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.11    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS-SILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (10%);  PALAGONITE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (25%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (05%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.11    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY VITRIC NANNO MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (20%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (20%);
CARBONATE (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 090%   Sect:  1
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt:
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.95    Clay: 010%

Name: DIATOMACEOUS OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (10%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (75%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   510       Sand: 050%   Sect:  1
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 020%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.01    Clay: 030%

Name: VITRIC DIATOMACEOUS OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (05%);
PALAGONITE (05%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  DIATOM (50%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 015%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.50    Clay: 085%

Name: VITRIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);  GLASS (10%);
MICRONODULE (05%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand: 050%   Sect:  2
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 030%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.23    Clay: 020%

Name: SANDY VITRIC ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (60%);
ROCK FRAGMENT (10%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);
CARBONATE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 090%   Sect:  2
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 010%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.40    Clay:

Name: SANDY CRYSTAL ASH

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (50%);  HEAVY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (40%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 020%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.60    Clay: 075%

Name: VITRIC MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (80%);
GLASS (10%);  PALAGONITE (05%);  MICRONODULE (01%);
LIMONITE (01%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 60    Top Int Depth(mm):   710       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 459   Top Core Depth(m):    19.50    Silt: 005%
Core: SP3   Sample Depth (m) :    21.71    Clay: 095%

Name: CRYSTAL VITRIC MUD

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (10%);  CLAY MINERAL (85%);  GLASS (05%);
PALAGONITE (05%);  MICRONODULE (01%);

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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