Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.50    Silt: 008%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    66.53    Clay: 092%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (42%);  QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (54%);  DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):    66.50    Silt: 008%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    68.85    Clay: 092%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: SILICEOUS NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (03%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (68%);  GLASS (02%);  DOLOMITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  DIATOM (07%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):  1140       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):    76.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    77.14    Clay: 070%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: DIATOMACEOUS SILTY CLAY

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (71%);  QUARTZ (03%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (62%);  PYRITE (01%);
CARBONATE (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (07%);  DIATOM (11%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (03%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   870       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):    85.50    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    86.37    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: DIATOMACEOUS NANNO CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (07%);  RADIOLARIA (07%);
SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   860       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):   161.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   162.36    Clay: 095%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (01%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (11%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (03%);
DOLOMITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);
DIATOM (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):   161.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   164.80    Clay: 098%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (02%);  QUARTZ (02%);  MICA (02%);
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  DOLOMITE (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (91%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   210       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):   161.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   165.34    Clay: 098%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: DOLOMITIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (03%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (76%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):   166.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   166.52    Clay: 085%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY DOLOMITIC NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (01%);  QUARTZ (01%);  MICA (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (01%);  PYRITE (02%);
DOLOMITE (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (83%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 63    Top Int Depth(mm):   440       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 470A  Top Core Depth(m):   166.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :   166.94    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: DOLOMITIC OR CLAYSTONE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (51%);  HORNBLENDE (02%);
GLASS (05%);  PYRITE (01%);  DOLOMITE (49%);

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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