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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    90       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    11.10    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (15%);  PYROXENE (04%);  GLASS (34%);
PALAGONITE (04%);  MICRONODULE (34%);  CARBONATE (05%);
IRON (04%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    90       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    12.59    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
ZEOLITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (23%);  CARBONATE (25%);
IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1010       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    13.52    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (02%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);
MICRONODULE (23%);  IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    13.67    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS SILICEOUS PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (29%);
ZEOLITE (06%);  MICRONODULE (55%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   440       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    14.44    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: LIGHT OLIVE PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (25%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (12%);
MICRONODULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    15.00    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: DARK OLIVE GREY PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (08%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);
PALAGONITE (06%);  ZEOLITE (00%);  MICRONODULE (55%);
IRON (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    15.30    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: DUSKY YELLOW PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (06%);  PYROXENE (06%);  MICA (06%);
GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);  CARBONATE (30%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    11.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    16.50    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: PELAGIC CLAY

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FELDSPAR (23%);  GLASS (78%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    20.40    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (55%);
PALAGONITE (06%);  ZEOLITE (00%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1160       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    21.16    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS MUD OR MARL OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (30%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (29%);
MICRONODULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    21.55    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (30%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  PYROXENE (06%);
GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    21.76    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (25%);  GLASS (12%);  MICRONODULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   610       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    22.11    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (20%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (61%);
PALAGONITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   960       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    22.46    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (50%);  GLASS (12%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
MICRONODULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    24.00    Clay:

Age : PLIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (12%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    24.55    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (25%);  GLASS (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    25.20    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (40%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    40       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    27.54    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (50%);  GLASS (29%);  MICRONODULE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1170       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    20.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    28.67    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (50%);  FELDSPAR (06%);  GLASS (23%);
PALAGONITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   430       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    30.43    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (30%);  GLASS (12%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
PYRITE (06%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    40       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    31.54    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (50%);  GLASS (12%);  PYRITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    32.20    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (50%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (23%);
ZEOLITE (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    33.05    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (60%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
PYRITE (23%);  ZEOLITE (00%);  IRON (23%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    33.70    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (60%);  GLASS (06%);  PALAGONITE (06%);
PYRITE (23%);  ZEOLITE (00%);



Leg :  7    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole:  63B  Top Core Depth(m):    30.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    35.56    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO MARL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (80%);  GLASS (06%);  PYRITE (06%);



    

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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