Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    39.00/   40.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE;D ONLY A COATING ONTHE LINER;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    40.50/   42.00
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE;O SOUPY OOZE PUT IN FREEZER;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    42.00/   43.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAMINIFERAL NANNO MARL OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE;H VERY SOUPY;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.50/   45.00
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAMINIFERAL NANNO MARL OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE;H VERY SOUPY;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    45.00/   46.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE;O NOT OPENED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    46.50/   48.00
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAMINIFERAL NANNO MARL OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE;H SOUPY IN UPPER 
PART BECOMING MORE PLASTIC INBOTTOM 60CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.00/   49.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  7
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO FORAMINIFERAL MARL OOZE;C 5Y6/2-LIGHT OLIVEGREY;M HYDROTROILITE;D 
DISTURBED BY FLOW;H MODERATELY PLASTIC AND SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    96.40/   97.44
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/1440
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO FORAMINIFERAL MARL OOZE;O SAME AS CORE 1 SECTION 7;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    97.44/   97.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1440/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN;H MODERATELY FIRM AND PLASTIC;Z 
33211000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    97.50/   99.00
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,5Y6/2-LIGHT OLIVE GREY;S LIGHT 
OLIVE GREY AT 46-105CM WHERE FLOW IS VISIBLE;H FIRM AND PLASTIC;O SLIGHT 
CARBONATE;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 15    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.00/  100.50
Hole: 146A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,5GY6/1-GREENISH GREY;S GREENISH 
GREY PATCHES AT 88-104CM;O LOW CARBONATE CONTENT;H FIRM AND PLASTIC,FIRMER 
TOWARDS BOTTOM;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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