Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   150       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.15    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.70    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.06    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (03%);  LAMELLIBRANCH (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.55    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (95%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.10    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):   510       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.51    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (02%);  CARBONATE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);



Leg : 74    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 525   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.65    Clay:

Name: FORAMINIFERAL NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (95%);

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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