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Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.30    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (60%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  2
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.70    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DOLOMITE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand: 002%   Sect:  3
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.64    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: MN RICH SEDIMENT M QTZ 2,CLAY 10,GLAUC 40,MN.OXIDE 40,CARB 5




Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 020%   Sect:  4
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.50    Clay: 010%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DOLOMITE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 030%   Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    54.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    54.70    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RADIOLARIAN NANNOFOSSIL OOZE P FORAMS TR,NANNOS 55,DIAT 15,RADS 30,SILIC
Name: OFLAG TR




Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    54.50    Silt: 070%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    55.40    Clay: 010%

Age : MIDDLE EOCENE
Name: RADIOLARIAN NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10,VOLC.GLAS TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (20%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    88.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    88.03    Clay:

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: CLAYSTONE ASH(?) M VOLC.GLAS 95,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    88.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    89.10    Clay: 010%

Age : UPPER PALEOCENE
Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 10,CARB 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  DOLOMITE (01%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    88.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    89.58    Clay: 015%

Name: NANNOFOSSIL OOZE M CLAY 15,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   130       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    88.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    89.63    Clay: 010%

Name: GLAUCONITIC CLAY M CLAY 10,CLINOP 30,GLAUC 20,CARB 30,DOLO 5

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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NANNOFOSSIL (01%);  OTHER FOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   630       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):    88.00    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    90.13    Clay:

Age : LOWER APTIAN
Name: NANNOFOSSIL (NANNOCONIDS) OOZE M CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (90%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    30       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):   159.00    Silt: 100%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   159.03    Clay:

Name: CALCAREOUS CHALK M CARB 97/N SMALL (~4MM) LATHS,DOLO.RHOMBS 3




Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):   920       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):   159.00    Silt: 100%
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   159.92    Clay:

Name: BS 3




Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1190       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):   159.00    Silt:
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   160.19    Clay:

Name: MUDDY DOLOMITE M QTZ 5,FEL 5/N ALK,CLAY 28,DOLO.RHOMBS 60/N SILT SIZED

Components:  ()
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PLANT DEBRIS (02%);



Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):  1290       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):   159.00    Silt:
Core:  11   Sample Depth (m) :   160.29    Clay:

Name: RREGULAR LATHS, DOLO.RHOMBS 30-40




Leg : 77    Top Int Depth(mm):    50       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole: 537   Top Core Depth(m):   168.50    Silt: 030%
Core:  12   Sample Depth (m) :   168.55    Clay: 030%


Components:  ()
======================================================================
 (LO%);



    

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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