Sixty-nine sediment samples of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 62 were mineralogically examined by X-ray diffractometry, and gasometrically for their carbonate content. Most sediments were found to be carbonate-rich; some have up to 97% CaCO3. Many chalk or limestone samples contain chert, accounting for high quartz percentages in some analyzed samples.
Sediment depth is given in mbsf. <0.1 = trace.
Supplement to: Nagel, Ulrich; Schumann, Dieter (1981): X-ray mineralogy of sediments, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 62. In: Thiede, J; Vallier, TL; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 62, 529-535