Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand: 070%   Sect:  1
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :     9.53    Clay: 010%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FINE MEDIUM SANDY MUD (CLAYEY SAND)

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (80%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (03%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);  PLANT DEBRIS (05%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   330       Sand: 070%   Sect:  6
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    17.33    Clay: 015%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FINE MEDIUM SANDY MUD (CLAYEY SAND)

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (60%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PLANT DEBRIS (03%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 070%   Sect: CC
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    17.95    Clay: 010%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: COARSE QTZ RICH SANDY MUD (CLAYEY SAND)M QTZ 85,FEL 2,MICA 2,CLAY 10,CAR
Name: B 1




Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    19.10    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (30%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);
CLAY MINERAL (50%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):    40       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    19.04    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SILTY CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  QUARTZ (35%);  FELDSPAR (02%);
MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (60%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):    70       Sand: 085%   Sect: CC
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    19.07    Clay: 015%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SANDY MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (75%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  CHERT FRAGMENT (05%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (05%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):   410       Sand: 098%   Sect:  1
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    28.91    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
TERRIGENOUS DETRITUS (99%);  QUARTZ (80%);  FELDSPAR (10%);
MICA (06%);  HEAVY MINERAL (05%);  BIOTITE (04%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):  1320       Sand: 097%   Sect:  2
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    31.32    Clay: 001%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SAND

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (73%);  FELDSPAR (10%);  MICA (05%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);



Leg : 66    Top Int Depth(mm):    20       Sand: 020%   Sect:  3
Hole: 486   Top Core Depth(m):    28.50    Silt: 040%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    31.52    Clay: 040%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: MUD (SANDY SILT CLAY)

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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QUARTZ (35%);  FELDSPAR (03%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
DIATOM (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);
PLANT DEBRIS (20%);

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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