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Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   260       Sand: 090%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    59.30    Silt: 010%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    59.56    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: ASH (ZIRCON IN SAND SIZE) M QTZ 70,FEL 20,HVY.MINS 5,VOLC.GLAS 3,GLAUC T
Name: R, PYR 2/N OR OTHER OP GLASS NOT ALTERED,ZIR P, APAT P,AMPH P

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   640       Sand: 020%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    59.30    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    59.94    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: MUD W/HIGH TUFFACEOUS ANDESINE CONTENT M QTZ 30,FEL 10,HVY.MINS 3,CLAY 5

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
 (LC%);
Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    10       Sand: 060%   Sect: CC
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt: 040%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    68.94    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: SANDSTONE M QTZ 20,FEL 35/N PLAG-ANDESINE,HVY.MINS 2, VOLC.GLAS 2,PYR 1,
Name: CARB 40/N CALCITE XRD




Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):    80       Sand: 030%   Sect: CC
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    69.01    Clay: 050%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: MUD (HIGH TUFF CONTENT) M QTZ 35,FEL 10,HVY.MINNS 3,CLAY 45,GLAUC 2, PYR

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  DIATOM (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    88.10    Silt: 020%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :    88.30    Clay: 020%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: SILTY SAND (ASH) M QTZ 20,FEL 30/N PLAG,HVY.MINS 5,CLAY 20, VOLC.GLAS 1,
Name: PALAG 1,GLAUC 1,PYR 10,CARB 10,ZIR P

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 84    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 566C  Top Core Depth(m):    88.10    Silt: 010%
Core: H 2   Sample Depth (m) :    89.00    Clay: 085%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: MUDSTONE M QTZ 5,FEL 2,HVY.MINS TR,CLAY 80,VOLC.GLAS TR, PALAG TR,PYR 10

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
NANNOFOSSIL (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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