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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.90/   48.50
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZES;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN,N5-MEDIUM GRAY,5Y6/2-LIGHT OLIVE 
GRAY;S SILT (QUARTZ) AT BASE AT 145 CM,NANNO OOZE PLASTIC FROM 145-150 CM,
SHARP CONTACTS BETWEEN ZONES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.50/   48.74
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 240
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE;C -LIGHT OLIVE GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.74/   48.95
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/ 450
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;O WATERY;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.95/   49.20
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/ 700
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY AND SILT AND CLAYEY SILT;C N3-DARK GRAY;S SEMI-INDURATED CLAY LAYER 
AT 46 CM (SHALEY);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.20/   49.34
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/ 840
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 COARSE SAND;C N3-DARK GRAY;O SEQUENCE FROM 84-45 CM;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.34/   49.60
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  840/1100
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N3-DARK GRAY;O DEFORMED CLAY FROM 95-110CM;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.60/   49.90
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1400
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY SILT;C N3-DARK GRAY;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.90/   50.00
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY SAND;C N3-DARK GRAY;O SEQUENCE FROM 150-84CM;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    84.10/   84.10
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    84.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARL;C N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;O 2 PIECES IN THE CORECATCHER (4 CM,2 CM) FROM 
140-150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   140.00/  141.50
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   140.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND AND MARLS;C N3-DARK GRAY;S SILTY MARL FROM 118-130 CM,SANDY MARL TO 
MARLS FROM 150-130 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   141.60/  141.60
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   140.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDSTONES AND SILT BLACK CLAY;C -BLACK;S SANDSTONES HAVE DARK PARALLEL 
LAMINAE ABOUT 6 CM AND 3 CM LONG;M CONCENYRATION OF PELITE AND PYRITE;P 
BLACK CLAY IS DIATOMACEOUS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   206.67/  207.50
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   206.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  670/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BLACK CLAY AND SAND;C -BLACK,-GRAYISH BLACK;S WHITE PELAGIC INTERCALATION 
FROM 116-111 CM,TOP OF A "FLUXOTURBIDITE" FROM 150-141.5 CM,EROSIVE BASES 
AT 80AND 86 AND 106.5 CM,IRREGULAR SILT LAMINAE AT 102 CM,FINE SAND AT 
106.5 CM,VERY LIGHT GRAY OOZE FROM 110-116 CM,SILT LAMINAE AT 118 AND 127 
CM,GRAYISH BLACK CLAY FROM 127-139 CM,LAMINATED GRAYISH BLACK CLAY WITH 
SILT LAMINAE AT 139 CM,MEDIUM QUARTZOSE SAND WITH MOLLUSCAN TEST-NO GRADED 
BEDDING-AND UPPER CONTACT SHARP FROM 141.5 TO 150 CM;O WASHED AT TOP;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   207.50/  209.00
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   206.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 BLACK CLAY AND SAND;C -BLACK,-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;S COARSE QUARTZOSE 
SAND-FLUXOTURBIDITE-MOLLUSCAN TEST (LOWER PORTION OF THE PREVIOUS SECTION) 
FROM 0-11 CM,SHARP BASE AT 11 CM,FINE SAND WITH LOWER AND UPPER CONTACTS 
SHARP FROM 40-42 CM,LAMINATED BLACK CLAY FROM 57-68 CM,MEDIUM SAND WITH 
DISTURBED INTERVAL FROM68-74 CM,SAND POCKET AT 90 CM,HARD BLACK 
CLAY-SEMI-INDURATED-FROM 85-111 CM,FINE MEDIUM DARK GRAY SAND WITH NO 
STRUCTURES AND NO MOLLUSCAN TEST FROM 112-150 CM;O VOIDS FROM 23-29 AND 
53-57 AND 74-85 AND 111-112 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   209.00/  209.85
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   206.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;C N1-BLACK;O CLAYEY (INJECTED DURING DRILLING);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   209.85/  210.12
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   206.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/1120
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARL;C N1-BLACK;H SEMI-INDURATED;O VOID FROM 92-107 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   210.12/  210.50
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   206.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY SAND;C N1-BLACK;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   264.03/  264.50
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1030/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N2-GRAYISH BLACK,5Y6/1-LIGHT OLIVE GRAY;S ANGULAR PIECES OF 
INDURATED OOZE OF LIGHT OLIVE GRAY(PIECES OF CORE CATCHER) FROM 127-134 CM;
O PLASTIC,VOID FROM 0-103 CM;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   264.50/  264.70
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N3-DARK GRAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   264.70/  265.05
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/ 550
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY SILT;C N3-DARK GRAY;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   265.05/  265.15
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/ 650
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY SAND;C N3-DARK GRAY;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   265.84/  266.00
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1340/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;C N3-DARK GRAY;O WATER INJECTED,VOID FROM 65-134 CM;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   266.10/  266.10
Hole: 131A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   263.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C N3-DARK GRAY;S PIECES OF INDURATED FORAMINIFERAL MARL;O DRILL BIT 
AND CORE CATCHER;Z 33211000

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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