Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1050       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.30    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MICA (06%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (65%);  CLAY MINERAL (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1350       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.60    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (80%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);
RADIOLARIA (15%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1450       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.70    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (85%);  NANNOFOSSIL (70%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);
RADIOLARIA (20%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.50    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (60%);  FORAMINIFERA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   730       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):   319.70    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   321.93    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (60%);  MANGANESE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):   319.70    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :   327.30    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: CLAY

Components:  (Minor lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLAUCONITE (01%);  ESTIMATED CARBONATE (01%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):   376.30    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   377.90    Clay:

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (75%);   (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   280       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):   376.30    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   378.08    Clay: 035%

Age : MIDDLE MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO DIATOM RAD CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (40%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 010%   Sect:  1
Hole:  81   Top Core Depth(m):   389.10    Silt: 010%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   389.85    Clay: 085%

Age : LOWER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
ESTIMATED CARBONATE (95%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  RADIOLARIA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);

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.

Please see NOAA's privacy and disclaimer information. Send questions or comments to mgg.info@noaa.gov.

Department of Commerce > NOAA > NESDIS > NCEI > doi:10.7289/V54M92G2