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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.00/   15.50
Hole:  11   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH-FORAM CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3,10YR7/4-VERYPALE BROWN,10YR8/2-WHITE;
U SLIGHT UNCERTAIN SCATTERED MOTTLING;S 
3-7/45-49/66-69/73-83/115-125/133-140 CM ARE WHITE ZONES;D ALL WHITE ZONES 
SHOW MODERATE DRAG ALONG SIDES OF CORE LINER;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.50/   17.00
Hole:  11   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH FORAM CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,10YR6/4-LT YELLOWISH BROWN,
-GRAY?;U SLIGHT UNCERTAIN SCATTERED GRAY? MOTTLING;S 
0-10/94-96/102-110/133-138/146-150 CM ARE LT YELLOWISH BROWN ZONES;O CORE 
IS QUITEPLASTIC,WATER CONTENT APPEARS HIGH;D ALL COLOR ZONES SHOW 
EXTENSIVE DRAGGING ALONG THEIR BOUNDRIES WITHCORE LINER;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.00/   18.50
Hole:  11   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNOFOSSIL CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3,10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN,
10YR8/2-WHITE,7.5YR8/4-PINK,-GRAY;U SLIGHT UNCERTAIN SCATTERED GRAY 
MOTTLING;S 4-5/9-32?/54-58/64??-77??/92-97/124?-130? CM ARE WHITE ZONES,
86-90 CM IS PINK ZONE;O CORE IS QUITE PLASTIC;D EXTENSIVE DRAGGING OF THE 
COLOR ZONES IS EVIDENT ALONG THESIDES OF THE LINER;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.50/   20.00
Hole:  11   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM COCCOLITH CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN;S 
0-32/50?-90? CM VERY PALE BROWN,32-50? CM WHITE,90?-150 CM INCLUDES SOME 
THIN BANDS OF VERY PALE BROWN;O CORE IS ESSENTIALLY THIXOTROPICAND COLOR 
ZONES ARE VERY DISTURBED,VERY HIGH WATER CONTENT;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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