Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 010%   Sect: CC
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):    76.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    77.28    Clay: 080%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE M CLAY 8,VOLC.GLAS 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (01%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):    85.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    87.70    Clay: 070%

Age : MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE/CHALK M CLAY 10,VOLC.GLAS TR/N LIGHT,ZEOL TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (04%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   930       Sand: 030%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):    95.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    98.93    Clay: 060%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE (CHALK) M QTZ 2,FEL TR,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 12,LITH 2/N CLA
Name: STS, CARB TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (04%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 025%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):    95.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    99.20    Clay: 065%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM OOZE (CHALK) M FEL TR,CLAY 9

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  SPICULE (01%);
IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   520       Sand: 025%   Sect:  4
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):    95.00    Silt: 010%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   100.02    Clay: 065%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: NANNO FORAM CHALK M CLAY 12,PYR 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   220       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   104.50    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   106.22    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC NANNO FORAM CHALK M QTZ 1,CLAY 25,VOLC.GLAS TR/N PALE,GLAUC

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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 (PY%);
Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (05%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   690       Sand: 035%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   104.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   108.19    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Name: BIOSILICEOUS FORAM MARL M CLAY 30,GLAUC 2,MICRONOD 5,CARB 3

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (08%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1060       Sand: 040%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   104.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   108.56    Clay: 050%

Age : MIDDLE OLIGOCENE
Name: FORAM CHALK M CLAY 20,GLAUC 2,CARB 5

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (38%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);
SPICULE (05%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 040%   Sect:  1
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 022%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   115.00    Clay: 038%

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: FORAM CHALK M CLAY 29,PALAG 1,GLAUC 3,ZEOL TR/N CLINOP, CARB 10,DOLO TR

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (22%);  SPICULE (02%);
IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1090       Sand: 040%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   116.59    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER OLIGOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC FORAM CHALK M CLAY 32,GLAUC 10,CARB 10

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1390       Sand: 050%   Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 015%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   118.39    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER EOCENE
Name: GLAUCONITIC FORAM MARL M CLAY 30,GLAUC 15,ZEOL 1,CARB 4

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 050%   Sect: CC
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   114.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   120.25    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER EOCENE
Name: ZEOLITIC (MARLSTONE) M CLAY 15,PALAG 15,GLAUC 5,ZEOL 10,CARB 20

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   123.50    Silt: 020%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   124.05    Clay: 020%

Name: CALCAREOUS ZEOLITIC TUFF M CLAY 15,PALAG 60/N GREENISH CLAY,ZEOL 10, CAR
Name: B 10/N SPAR

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   700       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   123.50    Silt: 010%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   125.70    Clay: 030%

Name: TUFFACEOUS MARLSTONE M CLAY 24,VOLC.GLAS 3,PALAG 25,ZEOL 3,CARB 40

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   123.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   126.23    Clay: 040%

Name: ZEOLITIC PALAGONITE TUFF M CLAY 25,VOLC.GLAS 6/N DK,PALAG 55,ZEOL 10, CA
Name: RB 2

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  UNIDENTIFIED MATERIAL (02%);  IRON (02%);



Leg : 81    Top Int Depth(mm):   180       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 554A  Top Core Depth(m):   123.50    Silt: 090%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   126.68    Clay: 010%

Name: RECRYSTALLIZED CARB (CALCITE) CEMENT M ZEOL 5,CARB 95

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
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NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  CHALCEDONY (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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