Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   230       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 498   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.23    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: ASH MIXED WITH MUD

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (60%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
PYRITE (01%);  ZEOLITE (01%);  CARBONATE (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  DIATOM (03%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 012%   Sect:  1
Hole: 498   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.30    Clay: 073%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (05%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (66%);  GLASS (05%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand: 020%   Sect:  2
Hole: 498   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.61    Clay: 030%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: HEMITERRIGENOUS SILT

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  FELDSPAR (20%);  MICA (01%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (10%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (03%);  DIATOM (05%);
SPICULE (01%);  PLANT DEBRIS (01%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   340       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 498   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 027%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.34    Clay: 058%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: DIATOMACEOUS ASHY MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (10%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
CLAY MINERAL (47%);  GLASS (17%);  GLAUCONITE (01%);
PYRITE (08%);  ZEOLITE (02%);  DIATOM (12%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 67    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 498   Top Core Depth(m):    50.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    50.90    Clay: 060%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: SEMI-DIATOMACEOUS SILICEOUS MUD

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  MICA (02%);
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (59%);  GLASS (05%);
GLAUCONITE (02%);  PYRITE (04%);  ZEOLITE (02%);
CARBONATE (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (15%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (01%);
PLANT DEBRIS (02%);  BRYOZOA (04%);

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.

Please see NOAA's privacy and disclaimer information. Send questions or comments to mgg.info@noaa.gov.

Department of Commerce > NOAA > NESDIS > NCEI > doi:10.7289/V54M92G2