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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 065%   Sect:  1
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.40    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 3,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 5,VOLC.GLAS 2/N DK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (60%);  NANNOFOSSIL (26%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   760       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.76    Clay: 075%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM MUD M QTZ 2,FEL 1,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 70,VOLC.GLAS 2, CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (10%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   460       Sand: 060%   Sect:  6
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.96    Clay: 030%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ 4,HVY.MINS 1,CLAY 4,VOLC.GLAS 3,CARB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.45    Clay: 070%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CALCAREOUS (FORAM) MUD M QTZ 10,FEL 3,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 55,LITH 3/N CLASTS

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand: 025%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    12.87    Clay: 045%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD M QTZ 25,FEL 10,HVY.MINS 5,CLAY 45,LITH 5/N CLASTS,VOLC.GLAS 5

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   940       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    13.44    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 5,CLAY 15,VOLC.GLAS 1,GLAUC 2,CARB TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  RADIOLARIA (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):     9.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.60    Clay: 055%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: SANDY MUD M QTZ 15,FEL 5,CLAY 50,LITH 10/N CLASTS, VOLC.GLAS 2,GLAUC 1,P
Name: YR 1,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (04%);  NANNOFOSSIL (04%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.76    Clay: 045%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM MARL M QTZ 10,FEL 2,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 30,LITH 2/N CLASTS, MICRONOD 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (15%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   600       Sand: 030%   Sect:  4
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    24.10    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 5,FEL 2,HVY.MINS 2,CLAY 20,VOLC.GLAS 1, MICRONOD TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   890       Sand: 040%   Sect:  6
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    19.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    27.39    Clay: 050%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM OOZE M QTZ 3,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 15,VOLC.GLAS TR/N PALE, PALAG TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);  DIATOM (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   740       Sand: 010%   Sect:  4
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    38.00    Silt: 005%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    43.24    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M QTZ TR,CLAY 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  DIATOM (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   570       Sand: 008%   Sect:  5
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    47.50    Silt: 002%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    54.07    Clay: 090%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (80%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand: 010%   Sect:  5
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    47.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    54.92    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 12,VOLC.GLAS 1

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (74%);  DIATOM (02%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   320       Sand: 015%   Sect:  6
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    47.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    55.32    Clay: 065%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE M QTZ 1,CLAY 20,VOLC.GLAS 1

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (47%);  SPICULE (01%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    57.00    Silt: 007%
Core:   7   Sample Depth (m) :    60.70    Clay: 078%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 8

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (01%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole: 554   Top Core Depth(m):    66.50    Silt: 005%
Core:   8   Sample Depth (m) :    71.70    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);

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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