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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.22/    1.60
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  120/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGITE; C 10YR8/4-TAN,10YR6/4-BROWN,10YR5/4-DARK BROWN, 10YR7/4-BROWN; 
S GREAT TO MODERATE BURROWING THROUGHOUT, 12-90 CM FORAM COCCO OOZE, 
90-105 CM CLAYEY OOZE, 105-123 CM FORAM COCCO OOZE, 123-141 CM CLAY, 
141-150 CLAYEY OOZE; O FORAM-COCCO OOZE TAN COLORED, CLAYEY OOZE BROWN 
COLORED, CLAY DARK BROWN COLORED;H HARD;Z 11110000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.60/    3.10
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGITE;C  10YR5/4, 10YR6/4, 10YR4/4, -LIGHT BROWN, -DARK BROWN; S 
MODERATE TO GREAT BURROWING THROUGHOUT, OPEN BURROWING 42-57 CM, COCCOLITH 
OOZE IN LIGHTER ZONE, INTERCALATED SILT-OOZE-CLAY; P FORAMS, COCCOLITHS; O 
SLIGHT FORAMS IN UPPER PART, CLAY DOMINATES SECTION, COLOR DISTRIBUTION: 
10YR5/4 0-42 CM 92-100 CM 120-130 CM--10YR6/4 42-57 CM--10YR4/4 57-92 CM 
100-120 CM 130-150 CM;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.10/    4.60
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGITE; C 10YR4/4-BROWN, 10YR6/3, -WHITE; S MODERATE TO GREAT BURROWING,
 WHITE BURROW FILLING 25 CM; D DISTURBED 100-150 CM; P CALC.NANNOS ARE 95% 
OF WHITE BURROW FILLING;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.60/    6.10
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGITE; C 10YR4/4-DARK BROWN; S DARK STREAKS, MODERATE MOTTLING; U DARK 
STREAKS; O DARK STREAKS AREFROM LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF MORE COHERENT 
ORGANIC APPEARING MATERIAL-SUGGEST IT IS A LOCAL CONCENTRATION OF FAECAL 
MATERIAL IN MATRIX-AL FISH SUGGESTS CONCENTRATIONS OF 
LIMONITE/HEMATITE/MANGANESE MATERIAL TENDS TO WASH OUT AS ELONGATE 
PARTICLES;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.60/    9.10
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGITE, CLAY; C 10YR4/4, 10YR3/2, 10YR6/4, -REDDISH TINGE, -DARK BROWN, 
-LIGHT BROWN; S BURROWING MODERATE, CONCENTRATION OF DARK FAECAL (?) 
MATERIAL AT 50 CM; O COLOR DISTRIBUTION: 10YR4/4 0-70 CM 96-150CM WITH 
REDDISH TINGE--10YR6/4 70-96 CM--10YR3/2 SPECKS 42-70 CM;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.10/    9.38
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 280
Sect:  7
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,PELAGITE; C 10YR4/4-REDDISH DARK BROWN; S MASSIVE TO BURROWED;H FIRM;
Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   237.20/  237.20
Hole:   7   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   235.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 5BG6/2-BLUISH GREEN; O SIMILAR TO UPPER (MORE PELAGIC) PART OF 
TURBIDITE SEQUENCE IN EOCENE OF SITE 6, ONE SMALL FRAGMENT;L CLAY; C 
5GY7/1-PALE GREENISH GRAY; O POSSIBLY SIMILAR TO MIDDLE UNIT OF EOCENE 
TURBIDITE AT SITE 6;L CLAY; C 10GY6/2-GRAYISH GREEN; O SIMILAR TO UPPER 
PART OF LOWER OLIVE UNIT OF TURBIDITE IN EOCENE OF SITE 6;L SILTY CLAY; C 
5GY6/1-OLIVE GREEN; O SIMILAR TO LOWER UNIT OF TURBIDITES AT SITE 6;L 
SILTSTONE; C 5GY5/1-OLIVE GRAY; S FINELY LAMINATED(ON MM SCALE);H FIRM;P 
SPONGE SPICULES OBVIOUS IN BINOCULAR SCOPE;OSILICIFIED, SIMILAR TO 
SILICIFIED SILTS IN EOCENE OF SITE 6;Z 33211000 
 
 
    

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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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