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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    32.00/   33.50
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,10YR4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE,-BLACK; H SOFT,PLASTIC; S 
FAINT MOTTLES,BLACK SPECKS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    33.50/   35.00
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY;H SOFT,PLASTIC;C -BLACK;SFAINT MOTTLE,BLACK 
SPECKS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    35.00/   36.50
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 HEMIPELAGIC MUD;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,N3-DARK GRAY; H SOFT,PLASTIC;S DARK 
SPECKLES THROUGHOUT;U PYRITE NODULE AT 90 CM;M PYRITE; D DEFORMED;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    36.50/   38.00
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY HEMIPELAGIC MUD;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,N3-DARK GRAY;D SLIGHTLY 
DISTURBED THROUGHOUT;H SOFT,PLASTIC;U DARK GRAY SPECKS THROUGHOUT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    38.00/   39.50
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5GY4/1-GREENISH GRAY,5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,-BLACK;S MODERATE 
MOTTLING, BLACK LAYER AT 53 CM(1MMTHICK);U BLACK SPECKS-HALF NODULES OF 
PYRITE;M PYRITE;H SOFT,PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    39.50/   41.00
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5GY4/1-GREENISH GRAY, 5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,-BLACK;U BLACK SPECKS 
AND PYRITE NODULES;S FAINT TOMODERATE MOTTLING;H SOFT,  PLASTIC;M PYRITE;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    67.80/   68.50
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 HEMIPELAGIC MUD; C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY, N3-DARK GRAY; U TWO SMALL 
IRON OXIDE COATED PLATES AT 125 CM, DARK SPECKS THROUGHOUT; H SOFT,  
PLASTIC;M IRON OXIDE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    68.50/   70.00
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 HEMIPELAGIC MUD; C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY, 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY, 
5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY;D DISTURBED THROUGHOUT;C N2-DARK GRAY;H SOFT, PLASTIC; 
U DARK SPECKSTHROUGHOUT; M PYRITE COMMON;O DARK GREENISH GRAY VARIAGATED 
WITH OLIVE GRAY AND GREENISH GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    70.00/   71.50
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 HEMIPELAGIC MUD;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY, 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY, N2-DARK 
GRAY, 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY; D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;S SLIGHTLY BEDDED(UNDERLINED 
WITH PYRITE MICRONODULES;M PYRITE;U DARK SPECKS THROUGHOUT;O DARK GREENISH 
GRAY WITH SLIGHT VARIATIONS TO OLIVE GRAY AND GREENISH GRAY;H SOFT, 
PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    71.50/   73.00
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 HEMIPELAGIC MUD;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY,5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,
5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY,N2-DARK GRAY;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;S SLIGHTLY BEDDED, 
LIGHT OLIVE GRAY LAYER (BASE OF LAYER IS SILT) AT 86-90 CM.MAINLY CALCITE 
GRAINS.RARE FORAMS.RARE QTZ.;U PYRITE SPECKS ABUNDANT THROUGHOUT;M PYRITE,
CALCITE,QUARTZ;P FORAMS;H SOFT, PLASTIC;O DARK GREENISH GRAY VARIAGATED 
WITH OLIVE GRAY AND GREENISH GRAY;C 5Y6/1-LIGHT OLIVE GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 11    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    73.00/   74.45
Hole: 101   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1450
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN,N1-BLACK, 5G4/1-GREENISH GRAY;S FAINT 
MOTTLING THROUGHOUT, MOTTLINGGRADES INTO HOMOGENEOUS GREENISH GRAY LAYER 
AT 123-125 CM, VERY THIN DIFFUSE BLACK LAYER OVERLYING DARKGREENISH GRAY 
35-42 CM;U BLACK SPECKS THROUGHOUT;H SOFT, PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
    

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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