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Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.38    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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FORAMINIFERA (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 060%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.48    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD NANNO FORAM CLAY OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  RADIOLARIA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (20%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   270       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.55    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  RADIOLARIA (18%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);
NANNOFOSSIL (60%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.63    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (40%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.68    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD DIAT NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1470       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     1.75    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  NANNOFOSSIL (40%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 060%   Sect:  4
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.53    Clay: 060%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (35%);  RADIOLARIA (15%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 060%   Sect:  6
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 060%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.53    Clay: 035%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
RADIOLARIA (13%);  FORAMINIFERA (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (43%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand: 035%   Sect: CC
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 035%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.38    Clay: 060%

Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (25%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    69.58    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (18%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);
IRON (02%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    69.83    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    70.08    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
MANGANESE (02%);  QUARTZ (01%);  FELDSPAR (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (30%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1250       Sand: 035%   Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    70.33    Clay: 035%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE

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



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   670       Sand: 060%   Sect:  5
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):    68.80    Silt: 060%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    75.75    Clay: 060%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology, % converted from relative abundance)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (30%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 035%   Sect:  6
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):   135.30    Silt: 035%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :   144.39    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO DIAT RAD OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (10%);  NANNOFOSSIL (55%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):   191.30    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :   192.35    Clay:

Age : UPPER MIOCENE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
GLAUCONITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):   200.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   202.65    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO RAD OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (50%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 035%   Sect:  2
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):   200.50    Silt: 035%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   202.75    Clay: 035%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO RAD OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);



Leg :  9    Top Int Depth(mm):  1000       Sand: 060%   Sect:  2
Hole:  82   Top Core Depth(m):   200.50    Silt: 060%
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   203.00    Clay: 060%

Age : UPPER MIOCENE
Name: FORAM NANNO RAD DIAT OOZE CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (35%);



    

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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