Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 250  Age: HOLOCENE
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.00    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    0.25    Age: 
Sect:  1    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
     40        25        94       1.43/ 76             19
 
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Shipboard Lith : MARLY FORAM OOZE                                            
Screen Lith    : MARLY FORAMINIFERA OOZE                                     
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :  250/1500  Age: HOLOCENE
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    0.25    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    1.50    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.25
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      8         1        91       1.52/ 70            109
 
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Shipboard Lith : SILTY MUD                                                   
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 150  Age: HOLOCENE
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :    6.87    Age: HOLOCENE
Core:   1   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):    7.02    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        91           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 150  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   16.23    Age: 
Core:   2   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   16.38    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        91           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 280  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   25.05    Age: 
Core:   3   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   25.33    Age: 
Sect: CC    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    0.28
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   34.93    Age: 
Core:   4   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   35.18    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0         0           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : CLAY MINERAL RICH MUD                                       
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/1500  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   35.80    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   37.30    Age: 
Sect:  1    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      6         0        94       1.82/ 52            128
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/1500  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   37.30    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   38.80    Age: 
Sect:  2    Thickness of Layer(m)   :    1.50
 
       Average Percent          G.R.A.P.E. Avg   # G.R.A.P.E.
Calcareous Siliceous Detrital  Density/Porosity   meas Avg'd
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        94       1.88/ 49            129
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 350  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   38.80    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   39.15    Age: 
Sect:  3    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        94           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   39.26    Age: 
Core:   5   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   39.51    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        94           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 250  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   60.72    Age: 
Core:   7   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   60.97    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        94           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD                                             
 
 
 
Leg : 96    Top/Bottom Interval(mm) :    0/ 150  Age: 
Hole: 617A  Depth Top of Layer(m)   :   69.29    Age: 
Core:   8   Depth Bottom of Layer(m):   69.44    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
========== ========= ========  ================  ============
      0         0        94           /                  
 
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Shipboard Lith : MUD                                                         
Screen Lith    : QUARTZ RICH MUD

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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