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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    5.34    Age: 
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    5.54    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        84           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : MUD                                                         
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 150  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   10.80    Age: 
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   10.95    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.15
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     11         0        89           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY SILT                                                  
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 140  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   15.10    Age: 
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   15.24    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.14
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     17         0        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUDDY SILT                                                  
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                           
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   20.66    Age: 
Core:   4   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   20.86    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.20
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY SILT                                                  
Screen Lith    : SILT                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 230  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   36.46    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   36.69    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.23
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILT                                                        
Screen Lith    : SILT                                                        
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 240  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   46.12    Age: 
Core:   6   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   46.36    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.24
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     17         0        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILT                                                        
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH QUARTZ RICH SAND                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 120  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   50.36    Age: 
Core:   7   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   50.48    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.12
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     14         0        86           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY SAND                                                  
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH QUARTZ RICH SANDY MUD                            
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 100  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   59.49    Age: 
Core:   8   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   59.59    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        86           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY SAND                                                  
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH QUARTZ RICH SANDY MUD                            
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 190  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   68.61    Age: 
Core:   9   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   68.80    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.19
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     13         0        87           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 100  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   88.63    Age: 
Core:  10   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   88.73    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        87           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  100/ 200  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   88.63    Age: 
Core:  10   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   88.73    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.10
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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     15         0        85           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SANDY SILT                                                  
Screen Lith    : CARBONATE RICH QUARTZ RICH MUD                              
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   94.58    Age: 
Core:  11   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   94.83    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.25
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     17         1        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH QUARTZ RICH MUD                           
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 290  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  153.39    Age: 
Core:  12   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  153.68    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.29
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     17         0        83           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                           
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 180  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  160.80    Age: 
Core:  13   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  160.98    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.18
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      6         0        94           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILT                                                        
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH QUARTZ RICH MUD                           
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 230  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  170.53    Age: 
Core:  15   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  170.76    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.23
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      8         0        92           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY MUD                                                   
Screen Lith    : GLASS RICH QUARTZ RICH MUD                                  
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 350  Age: 
Hole: 615A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :  194.20    Age: 
Core:  16   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):  194.55    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.35
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
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      0         0        92           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : SAND                                                        
Screen Lith    : SAND                                                        
 
 
 
    

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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