Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   850       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):     4.50    Silt: 025%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.85    Clay: 045%

Name: RAD FORAM DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);  DIATOM (20%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 030%   Sect:  4
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):     4.50    Silt: 015%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    10.00    Clay: 055%

Name: SILICEOUS FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (08%);
RADIOLARIA (02%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 020%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    16.30    Clay: 050%

Name: SILICEOUS FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);  DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1070       Sand: 015%   Sect:  4
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    19.57    Clay: 050%

Name: PYRITE RICH RAD NANNO DIATOM OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  IRON (02%);  PYRITE (20%);
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);
DIATOM (25%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 030%   Sect:  5
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    14.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    21.00    Clay: 040%

Name: FORAM RAD DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (01%);  GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);  DIATOM (30%);
RADIOLARIA (20%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand: 025%   Sect:  2
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    22.10    Silt: 020%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    24.40    Clay: 055%

Name: RAD FORAM DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (20%);
FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  DIATOM (20%);
RADIOLARIA (10%);  SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   160       Sand: 015%   Sect:  3
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    22.10    Silt: 025%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    25.26    Clay: 060%

Name: PYRITE RICH FORAM DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);  PYRITE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);  DIATOM (10%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 020%   Sect:  5
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    22.10    Silt: 015%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    29.30    Clay: 065%

Name: SILICEOUS FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    31.30    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    32.20    Clay: 055%

Name: SILICEOUS FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
CARBONATE (20%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (60%);
DIATOM (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1270       Sand: 030%   Sect:  2
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    31.30    Silt: 030%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    34.07    Clay: 040%

Name: PYRITE RICH DIATOM FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
IRON (02%);  PYRITE (30%);  CARBONATE (10%);
FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (34%);  DIATOM (10%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.80    Silt: 030%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    41.00    Clay: 060%

Name: RAD DIATOM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);  DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (10%);
SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 030%   Sect:  4
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.80    Silt: 020%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    44.70    Clay: 050%

Name: FORAM DIATOM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);
DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   250       Sand: 025%   Sect:  5
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    39.80    Silt: 025%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :    46.05    Clay: 050%

Name: FORAM DIATOM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
CARBONATE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);
DIATOM (15%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  SPICULE (02%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    49.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    49.70    Clay: 085%

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (14%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (75%);  DIATOM (04%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
SILICOFLAGELLATE (02%);



Leg : 85    Top Int Depth(mm):   450       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 573A  Top Core Depth(m):    49.20    Silt: 010%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :    54.15    Clay: 085%

Name: SILICEOUS NANNO OOZE

Components:  (, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  CARBONATE (40%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);  DIATOM (09%);
RADIOLARIA (04%);  SPICULE (02%);  SILICOFLAGELLATE (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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