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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.50    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (05%);
FORAMINIFERA (46%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.30    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (06%);  FORAMINIFERA (47%);  NANNOFOSSIL (47%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   330       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     7.30    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.13    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (49%);  NANNOFOSSIL (49%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   800       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     7.30    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.60    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (05%);
PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (45%);  NANNOFOSSIL (45%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     7.30    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.20    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);
NANNOFOSSIL (89%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   340       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):     7.30    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    12.14    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
FELDSPAR (02%);  GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (07%);
FORAMINIFERA (26%);  NANNOFOSSIL (63%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    16.90    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    19.82    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  FELDSPAR (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);
GLASS (02%);  PYRITE (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (26%);
NANNOFOSSIL (64%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    16.90    Silt:
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    20.40    Clay:

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
PALAGONITE (03%);  PYRITE (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (09%);
NANNOFOSSIL (85%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   370       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    26.87    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (23%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   910       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 050%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    27.41    Clay: 050%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  PYRITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (47%);
NANNOFOSSIL (47%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   830       Sand: 006%   Sect:  2
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 047%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    28.83    Clay: 047%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (05%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (46%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   910       Sand: 018%   Sect:  3
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 041%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    30.41    Clay: 041%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  FORAMINIFERA (47%);  NANNOFOSSIL (47%);
SPICULE (04%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   270       Sand: 018%   Sect:  4
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 041%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    31.27    Clay: 041%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  PYRITE (04%);  FORAMINIFERA (47%);
NANNOFOSSIL (47%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   990       Sand: 018%   Sect:  4
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 041%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    31.99    Clay: 041%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  GLASS (02%);
PYRITE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (44%);  NANNOFOSSIL (44%);
SPICULE (02%);



Leg : 90    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand: 018%   Sect:  5
Hole: 589   Top Core Depth(m):    26.50    Silt: 041%
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    33.15    Clay: 041%

Age : QUATERNARY
Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (02%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  PYRITE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (46%);  NANNOFOSSIL (46%);  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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