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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 075%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     0.75    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (18%);  GLASS (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);  MICRONODULE (07%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);
NANNOFOSSIL (67%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 075%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.00    Clay: 020%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (19%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (72%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand: 005%   Sect:  2
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 078%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     2.25    Clay: 017%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (17%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (72%);
IRON (01%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   400       Sand: 007%   Sect:  3
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 075%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.40    Clay: 015%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (15%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (76%);
IRON (01%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   900       Sand: 012%   Sect:  3
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     3.90    Clay: 055%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: FORAM, CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (57%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   200       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     4.70    Clay: 025%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE: M CLAY.MINS 25, PALAG 1, OP.MINS 2, MICRONODS 1

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (69%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   550       Sand: 002%   Sect:  4
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.05    Clay:

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (22%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (11%);
ZEOLITE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (07%);  NANNOFOSSIL (58%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  4
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 070%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     5.60    Clay: 025%

Age : PLEISTOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  PALAGONITE (02%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (68%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   500       Sand:        Sect:  5
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     6.50    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (02%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):  1200       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     7.20    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (64%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   650       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.15    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (01%);  MICRONODULE (03%);
FORAMINIFERA (02%);  NANNOFOSSIL (69%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):  1230       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 080%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.73    Clay: 020%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (20%);  PALAGONITE (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):  1260       Sand: 001%   Sect:  6
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 030%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.76    Clay: 070%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (25%);  GLASS (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
MICRONODULE (15%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (57%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   100       Sand: 005%   Sect:  7
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt: 065%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.10    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (30%);  GLASS (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (03%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (63%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):     0       Sand:        Sect: CC
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     0.00    Silt:
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     9.29    Clay:

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAY BEARING NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (21%);  GLASS (01%);  PALAGONITE (01%);
FELDSPAR (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (75%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 005%   Sect:  1
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     9.60    Silt: 065%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :     9.90    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: CLAYEY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (27%);  GLASS (07%);  PALAGONITE (02%);
OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (02%);
NANNOFOSSIL (59%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):  1100       Sand: 015%   Sect:  1
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     9.60    Silt: 055%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    10.70    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING CLAYEY NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (29%);  PALAGONITE (03%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (12%);  NANNOFOSSIL (53%);



Leg : 92    Top Int Depth(mm):   350       Sand: 015%   Sect:  2
Hole: 600C  Top Core Depth(m):     9.60    Silt: 035%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    11.45    Clay: 030%

Age : LOWER PLIOCENE
Name: FORAM BEARING CLAYEY NANNO CHALK

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
CLAY MINERAL (29%);  GLASS (01%);  OPAQUE MINERAL (02%);
PALAGONITE (04%);  MICRONODULE (01%);  FORAMINIFERA (13%);
NANNOFOSSIL (50%);

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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