Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 700  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.70    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.70
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     43         0        57       1.47/ 74             74
 
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Shipboard Lith : PHILLIPSITE CLAY MUD                                        
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH MARLY CALCAREOUS OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  700/1100  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.70    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.10    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.40
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        57       1.45/ 74             43
 
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Shipboard Lith : FORAM TURBIDITE                                             
Screen Lith    : CLASTIC SEDIMENTSTONE                                       
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) : 1100/1500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.10    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.40
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        57       1.37/ 80             42
 
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Shipboard Lith : PHILLIPSITE CLAY MUD                                        
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 860  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    1.50    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    2.36    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.86
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      2         0        98       1.29/ 84             91
 
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Shipboard Lith : RED CLAY PHILLIPSITE MUD                                    
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH PELAGIC CLAY                 
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  860/ 950  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    2.36    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    2.45    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.09
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     79         0        21       1.39/ 78             10
 
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Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  950/1500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    2.45    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.00    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.55
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        21       1.28/ 85             58
 
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Shipboard Lith : RED CLAY PHILLIPSITE MUD                                    
Screen Lith    : CLAY                                                        
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 400  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.00    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.40    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.40
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        21       1.24/ 87             37
 
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Shipboard Lith : RED CLAY PHILLIPSITE MUD                                    
Screen Lith    : CLAY                                                        
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  400/ 500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.40    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    3.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     50        35        21       1.23/ 88             11
 
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Shipboard Lith : FORAM NANNO OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : FORAMINIFERA RICH NANNOFOSSIL OOZE                          
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  500/1500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    3.50    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.50    Age: 
Sect:  3    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        21       1.24/ 87            106
 
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Shipboard Lith : RED CLAY PHILLIPSITE MUD                                    
Screen Lith    : CLAY                                                        
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/ 300  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    4.50    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    4.80    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.30
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     29         0        72       1.25/ 87             29
 
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Shipboard Lith : NANNO PHILLIPSITE CLAY MUD                                  
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH MICA RICH PELAGIC CLAY                         
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  620/1500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    5.12    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    6.00    Age: 
Sect:  4    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.88
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      1         0        99       1.22/ 88             74
 
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Shipboard Lith : PHILLIPSITE CLAY MUD                                        
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH MICA RICH PELAGIC CLAY                         
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :   00/1500  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    7.50    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.00    Age: 
Sect:  6    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     16         0        84       1.39/ 78            159
 
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Shipboard Lith : PHILLIPSITE RED CLAY MUD                                    
Screen Lith    : ZEOLITE RICH MICA RICH PELAGIC CLAY                         
 
 
 
Leg :  9    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/   0  Age: PLIOCENE
Hole:  76   Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    9.10    Age: PLIOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    9.10    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.00
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        84           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : TURBIDITES FORAM GRAINSTONES                                
Screen Lith    : CLASTIC SEDIMENTSTONE

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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