Mienert, Jürgen (1984): (Table 1) Age and depth of reflectors of the 3.5-kHz and airgun seismic record and their corresponding depth of ash layers, carbonate peaks, and transition zones from DSDP Hole 83-504B [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.761359, Supplement to: Mienert, J (1984): The importance of carbonate content in the acoustic stratigraphy of Panama Basin. Marine Geology, 54(3-4), 237-247, https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(84)90040-9
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Abstract:
DSDP cores from areas of low (Site 505) and high heat flow (Site 504 B) near the Costa Rica Rift, together with seismic profiles from the Panama Basin, have been studied to determine the relationship between: (1) carbonate content and physical and acoustic properties; and (2) carbonate content, carbonate diagenesis and acoustic stratigraphy. Except for ash and chert layers, bulk density correlates strongly and linearly with carbonate content. Velocity is uniform downcore and only small variations at a small scale are measured. Thus an abrupt change in carbonate content will cause abrupt changes in acoustic impedance and should cause reflectors that can be detected acoustically. A comparison of seismic profiler reflection records with physical properties, carbonate content and reflection coefficients indicates that the main reflectors can be identified with ash layers, diagenetic boundaries, and carbonate content variations. Diagenesis of carbonate sediments is present at Site 504B in a 260 m-thick ooze-chalk-limestone/chert sequence. These diagenetic sequences occur in areas of higher heat flow (200 mW/m**2). Seismic profiler records can be used to map the extent and depth of these diagenetic boundaries.
Project(s):
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Coverage:
Latitude: 1.227200 * Longitude: -83.730200
Date/Time Start: 1981-11-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-01-02T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 10 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 230 m
Event(s):
83-504B * Latitude: 1.227200 * Longitude: -83.730200 * Date/Time Start: 1981-11-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1982-01-02T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3460.0 m * Penetration: 1350 m * Recovery: 107.7 m * Campaign: Leg83 * Basis: Glomar Challenger * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: Leg 83 of DSDP was devoted entirely to coring and experiments in Hole 504B, the deepest borehole to date into the oceanic crust. Hole 504B now extends over a kilometer into basement, nearly twice as far as any other DSDP hole, and it is the only DSDP hole to have clearly penetrated into the intrusive sheeted dikes that underlie the extrusive pillow lavas of the upper oceanic crust. At Hole 504B, Leg 83 continued an ongoing DSDP effort that began during Legs 68, 69, and 70 in 1979, and also included part of Leg 92 in 1983. 71 cores; 514 m cored; 0 m drilled; 21 % recovery
Comment:
Approximate depth, Vp = 1.53 km/s.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Layer description | Layer | Mienert, Jürgen | Reflector | ||
| 2 | Epoch | Epoch | Mienert, Jürgen | |||
| 3 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
| 4 | Comment | Comment | Mienert, Jürgen | |||
| 5 | Comment 2 (continued) | Comm 2 | Mienert, Jürgen | Transition zones |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
68 data points
Data
| 1 Layer | 2 Epoch | 3 Depth sed [m] | 4 Comment | 5 Comm 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 230000 yrs | 10 | 3.5-kHz record | |
| R1 | 230000 yrs | 10 | Airgun record | |
| R1 | 230000 yrs | 12 | Ash layer | |
| R2 | Late Pleistocene | 27 | 3.5-kHz record | |
| R2 | Late Pleistocene | 32 | Airgun record | |
| R2 | Late Pleistocene | 30 | Carbonate peak | |
| R3 | Early Pleistocene | 63 | Airgun record | |
| R3 | Early Pleistocene | 66 | Carbonate peak | |
| R4 | Late Pliocene | 96 | 3.5-kHz record | |
| R4 | Late Pliocene | 94 | Airgun record | |
| R4 | Late Pliocene | 90 | Carbonate peak | |
| R5 | Late Pliocene | 112 | Airgun record | |
| R5 | Late Pliocene | 113 | Carbonate peak | |
| R6 | Early Pliocene | 144 | Airgun record | 1 |
| R6 | Early Pliocene | 148 | Carbonate peak | |
| R7 | Early Pliocene | 165 | Airgun record | |
| R7 | Early Pliocene | 165 | Carbonate peak | |
| R8 | Early Pliocene | 187 | Airgun record | |
| R8 | Early Pliocene | 188 | Ash layer | |
| R9 | Early Pliocene | 210 | Airgun record | |
| R9 | Early Pliocene | 214 | Carbonate peak | |
| R10 | Late Miocene | 230 | Airgun record | 2 |