There are a variety of core material being curated in the KCC. This page will help you to find core material useful for your research.
Since this page provides a summary of core material, you are recommended to refer to the "Detailed Report",
for which the link is provided in the last column of the summary table for each Site.
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| Leg | Site | Hole | Geographical location | Latitude | Longitude | Water depth (m) |
Drilled interval (m) | Core length (m) |
Core recovered in | Approximate age | All core view, Lithology, Age model, etc. | Core description | Detailed report | Working Half Images | ||
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| 60 | 452 | * | Northern Mariana Basin | 17°40'N | 148°38'E | 5858 | 0 | 28 | 27.4 | Mar. 1978 | Recent | Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 452 | A | Northern Mariana Basin | 17°40'N | 148°38'E | 5860 | 0 | 46 | 21.7 | Mar. 1978 | Recent | Campanian | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 453 | * | West of Mariana Trough | 17°54'N | 143°41'E | 4693 | 0 | 605 | 236.8 | Mar.-Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Pliocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 454 | * | Center of Mariana Trough | 18°1'N | 144°32'E | 3816 | 0 | 38 | 22.5 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | late Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 454 | A | Center of Mariana Trough | 18°1'N | 144°32'E | 3816 | 0 | 172 | 40.9 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 455 | * | East of Mariana Trough | 17°51'N | 145°21'E | 3465 | 0 | 104 | 31.3 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 456 | * | East of Mariana Trough | 17°55'N | 145°11'E | 3586 | 0 | 169 | 32.2 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 456 | A | East of Mariana Trough | 17°55'N | 145°11'E | 3586 | 0 | 159 | 37.8 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 457 | * | Mariana Island Arc | 17°50'N | 145°49'E | 2630 | 0 | 51 | 19.4 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | late Pleistocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 458 | * | Mariana Forearc, Philippine Sea | 17°52'N | 146°56'E | 3453 | 0 | 466 | 97.8 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | early Oligocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 459 | * | Mariana Forearc, Philippine Sea | 17°52'N | 147°18'E | 4121 | 0 | 3 | 3.3 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | Recent | - | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 459 | B | Mariana Forearc, Philippine Sea | 17°52'N | 147°18'E | 4121 | 0 | 692 | 182.1 | Apr. 1978 | Recent | pre-late Eocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 460 | * | Mariana Trench | 17°40'N | 147°36'E | 6452 | 0 | 85 | 27.2 | May. 1978 | Recent | Eocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 460 | A | Mariana Trench | 17°40'N | 147°36'E | 6445 | 0 | 100 | 36.7 | May. 1978 | Recent | Pleistocene, redeposited sed. | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 461 | * | Mariana Trench | 17°46'N | 147°41'E | 7029 | 0 | 20 | 8.6 | May. 1978 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 60 | 461 | A | Mariana Trench | 17°46'N | 147°41'E | 7034 | 0 | 16 | 7.3 | May. 1978 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 582 | * | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°46'N | 133°55'E | 4879 | 0 | 39 | 18.2 | Jun. 1982 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 582 | A | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°46'N | 133°55'E | 4879 | 29 | 48 | 16.3 | Jun. 1982 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 582 | B | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°46'N | 133°55'E | 4879 | 48 | 749 | 284.7 | Jul. 1982 | Recent | upper Pliocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | * | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4634 | 0 | 152 | 83.9 | Jul. 1982 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | A | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4618 | 0 | 54 | 47.8 | Jul. 1982 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | B | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4677 | 0 | 28 | 24.7 | Jul. 1982 | Recent | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | C | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4677 | 25 | 49 | 17.9 | Jul. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | D | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4676 | 47 | 327 | 69.7 | Jul. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | E | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4629 | 150 | 199 | 1.0 | Jul. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | F | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4629 | 150 | 440 | 46.7 | Jul. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 583 | G | Nankai Trough, Philippine Sea | 31°50'N | 133°51'E | 4627 | 307 | 451 | 62.1 | Jul. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 584 | * | Japan Trench | 40°28'N | 143°57'E | 4078 | 0 | 941 | 478.7 | Aug. 1982 | Recent | middle Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 584 | A | Japan Trench | 40°28'N | 143°57'E | 4094 | 602 | 805 | 10.7 | Aug. 1982 | late Miocene | middle Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 87 | 584 | B | Japan Trench | 40°28'N | 143°57'E | 4086 | 0 | 954 | 11.9 | Aug. 1982 | Recent | middle Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 587 | * | Lansdowne Bank, SW Pacific Ocean | 21°11'S | 161°20'E | 1101 | 0 | 147 | 88.8 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | late Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 588 | * | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 26°7'S | 161°14'E | 1533 | 0 | 236 | 220.8 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | middle Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 588 | A | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 26°7'S | 161°14'E | 1533 | 236 | 344 | 75.3 | Dec. 1982 | middle Miocene | early Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 588 | B | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 26°7'S | 161°14'E | 1533 | 0 | 277 | 255.9 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | middle Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 588 | C | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 26°7'S | 161°14'E | 1533 | 306 | 488 | 135.6 | Dec. 1982 | late early Miocene | middle Eocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 589 | * | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 30°43'S | 163°38'E | 1391 | 0 | 36 | 35.1 | Dec. 1982 | Quaternary | Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 590 | * | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 31°10'S | 163°22'E | 1299 | 0 | 26 | 26.4 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | early Quaternary | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 590 | A | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 31°10'S | 163°22'E | 1299 | 26 | 281 | 224.2 | Dec. 1982 | early Quaternary | middle late Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 590 | B | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 31°10'S | 163°22'E | 1299 | 0 | 499 | 465.3 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | earliest Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |
| 90 | 591 | * | Lord Howe Rise, SW Pacific Ocean | 31°35'S | 164°27'E | 2131 | 0 | 283 | 278.2 | Dec. 1982 | Recent | early late Miocene | Download | Major features | URL | Check now |