Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   300       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):     8.00    Silt: 038%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :     8.30    Clay: 060%

Name: ASH BEARING CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (33%);  FELDSPAR (15%);  GLASS (10%);
CARBONATE (12%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (25%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   110       Sand: 025%   Sect:  3
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):     8.00    Silt: 040%
Core:   1   Sample Depth (m) :    11.11    Clay: 035%

Name: VOLCANIC SANDY MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (48%);  FELDSPAR (12%);  MICA (01%);
CLAY MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (21%);  FORAMINIFERA (03%);
NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1420       Sand: 002%   Sect:  1
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    13.00    Silt: 025%
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    14.42    Clay: 073%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (47%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (10%);
ORGANIC DEBRIS (02%);  GLASS (05%);  CARBONATE (25%);
FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   810       Sand:        Sect:  2
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    13.00    Silt:
Core:   2   Sample Depth (m) :    15.31    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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ISOTROPIC MINERAL (10%);  GLASS (02%);  CARBONATE (15%);
FORAMINIFERA (08%);  NANNOFOSSIL (65%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 010%   Sect:  3
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    26.00    Silt: 050%
Core:   3   Sample Depth (m) :    30.30    Clay: 040%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (38%);  FELDSPAR (05%);  CLAY MINERAL (15%);
GLASS (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (34%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   560       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    35.60    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    39.16    Clay:

Name: MARLY NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
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QUARTZ (27%);  GLASS (03%);  ORGANIC DEBRIS (02%);
CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (05%);  NANNOFOSSIL (57%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   540       Sand:        Sect:  6
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    35.60    Silt:
Core:   4   Sample Depth (m) :    43.64    Clay:

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Minor lithology)
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ISOTROPIC MINERAL (05%);  CARBONATE (05%);  FORAMINIFERA (20%);
NANNOFOSSIL (70%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1380       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    99.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   100.38    Clay:

Name: PYRTIC VOLCANIC ASH

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (04%);  MICA (01%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);
GLASS (73%);  PYRITE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);
NANNOFOSSIL (10%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1400       Sand:        Sect:  1
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    99.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   100.40    Clay:

Name: PYRTIC VOLCANIC ASH LAYER

Components:  ()
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QUARTZ (05%);  HEAVY MINERAL (01%);  GLASS (78%);
PYRITE (10%);  FORAMINIFERA (01%);  NANNOFOSSIL (05%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   160       Sand:        Sect:  4
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):    99.00    Silt:
Core:   5   Sample Depth (m) :   103.66    Clay:

Name: NANNO OOZE

Components:  ()
======================================================================
QUARTZ (25%);  MICA (01%);  GLASS (01%);
ISOTROPIC MINERAL (03%);  FORAMINIFERA (06%);  NANNOFOSSIL (62%);
RADIOLARIA (01%);  SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):   750       Sand:        Sect:  3
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):   108.60    Silt:
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   112.35    Clay:

Name: FORAM NANNO OOZE

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (01%);  CLAY MINERAL (06%);  CARBONATE (01%);
FORAMINIFERA (13%);  NANNOFOSSIL (77%);  DIATOM (01%);
SPICULE (01%);



Leg : 94    Top Int Depth(mm):  1300       Sand: 005%   Sect:  5
Hole: 610C  Top Core Depth(m):   108.60    Silt: 015%
Core:   6   Sample Depth (m) :   115.90    Clay: 080%

Name: CALCAREOUS MUD

Components:  (Dominant lithology)
======================================================================
QUARTZ (65%);  HEAVY MINERAL (02%);  CLAY MINERAL (20%);
GLASS (01%);  CARBONATE (03%);  NANNOFOSSIL (07%);
DIATOM (01%);  SPICULE (01%);

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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