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Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.00/   17.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY TURBIDITE (WASHED);C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GRAY;S WASHED SAND 70-110 CM SHARP 
CONTACT AT 110 CM,139 CM THIN DEFORMED LAYER OF SAND;H PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.50/   19.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 TERRIGENOUS NANNO OOZE;C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GRAY;O HOMOGENEOUS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.00/   20.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GRAY;S THIN SILT LAMINAE65 CM 68 CM 100 CM,SAND 
105 CM,107-119 CM SOME LAMINATIONS,SILT APPOX 115 CM,CONTOURITES,123 CM 
SHARP BOUNDARY,123-126 CM FORAM SAND 126 CM NOT SHARP BOUNDARY,DARK PURPLE 
LAYER (BLACK) 129 CM,4 THIN LAYERS OF FINE SAND (1 MM) 145-150 CM,52-123 
OLIVE GRAY OOZE,123-150 CM OLIVE (5Y5/3) OOZE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.30/   47.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1300/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;C 5Y4/1-DARK GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.50/   49.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GRAY;U HYDROTROILITE FLECKS 90 CM,PYRITE 
NODULES AT 28 CM 43 CM 70 CM;M PYRITE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.00/   50.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;C 5Y4/1-DARK GRAY;U HYDROTROILITE FLECKS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    50.50/   52.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GRAY;U HYOHOTROILITE 13 AND 100 CM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    52.00/   53.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;C 5Y4/1-DARK GRAY;U HYOHOTROILITE FLECKS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    53.50/   54.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 HOMOGENEOUS OOZE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    54.00/   55.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    46.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY OOZE;C 50-100 CM SILT GRAINS NOT CONCENTRATED IN LAMINAE,MANY VERY 
THIN (NOT CLEAR) SILT LAYERSBETWEEN 100-150 CM ABOUT 1 CM OF OOZE BETWEEN 
THE LAMINAE (CONTOURITES BUT NOT CLEAR),137 CM MAYBE CROSS LAMINATION;U 
HYDROTROILITE 80 AND 90 CM;O ON THE BOTTOM THE SILT FRACTION SEEMS GREATER;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    74.00/   74.30
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 WASHED SAND;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    74.30/   75.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OR MARL OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GRAY,5Y4/1-DARK GRAY;SMOZSIC STRUCTURE ? HONEY 
COMB,SLUMP,MUD PEBBLES DARK GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    75.50/   77.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARL OR NANNO OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GRAY;S LIGHTER MOZSIC STRUCTURE;O VOID 28-34 
CM AND 51-54 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    77.00/   78.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARL OR NANNO OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GRAY;O HOMOGENITE;H PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    78.50/   80.00
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARL OR NANNO OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GRAY;S 50-100 CM VERY FINE BANDS OF FINE SILT 
AND DARKER FEATURES OF MOTTLING;H PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    80.10/   80.10
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    74.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N6-MEDIUM LIGHT GRAY;H PLASTIC;L LIMESTONE;C 5Y6/1-LIGHT OLIVE 
GRAY;S FINE GRAINED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    80.20/   80.50
Hole: 127A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMESTONE;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY;S 5 FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE,
FRATURED AND CALCITE RECEMENTED;O SOME FORAMS,SOME GREENISH CRUST (SUFACE 
OF A FRATURENUMBER 5;Z 12130000

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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