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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   110.00/  110.40
Hole:  12B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   110.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 400
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE CLAYEY SILT;C 5B6/2-PALE BLUE,5G6/1-GREENGRAY,5G5/1-GREENISH GRAY,
5YR6/4-LT REDDISH BROWN,5PB5/2-GRAYISH BLUE,10R4/2 GRAYISH RED;S 0-7 CM 
GREAT UNCERTAIN LT REDDISH BROWN MOTTLING ELONGATED THRU INTERVAL,13-20 CM 
MODERATE UNCERTAIN GRAYISH BLUE MOTTLING,20-25 CM SLIGHT UNCERTAIN GRAYISH 
BLUE MOTTLING,35-40 CM SLIGHT UNCERTAIN GRAYISH RED MOTTLING;S 25-35 CM 
COLOR DIFFERENCES IN LAYERS THAT ARE TOO SUBTLE TO IDENTIFY WITH COLOR 
CHARTS;D SOME DISTURBANCEOF CORE FROM CORING;S 24 CM ANGULAR QTZ SILT 
SMALL POCKET;S 32-33 CM GRAYISH RED 3 MM PARALLEL LAYER;O SHARP IRREGULAR 
BASAL CONTACTS AT 7/13/20 CM;H SOFT;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   115.72/  116.00
Hole:  12B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   110.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1220/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC? CLAY;C 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY,N3 DK GRAY;SMODERATE UNCERTAIN DK 
GRAY MOTTLING;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   156.94/  157.30
Hole:  12B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   155.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1140/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE SILTY CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DK GREENISH GRAY,5B7/1-LT BLUISH GRAY,
5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,N2 GRAYISH BLACK;S 116-122/124-134/138-144 CM 
MODERATE UNCERTAIN GRAYISH BLACK MOTTLING,134-138 CM SLIGHT UNCERTAIN 
GRAYISH BLACK MOTTLING,147-150 CM MODERATE BORROWED LTBLUISH GRAY MOTTLING;
S 114-116/122-124/144-147 CM DK GREENISH GRAY LAYERS,
116-122/124-134/138-144/147-150 CM GREENISH GRAY LAYERS,134-138 CM LT 
BLUISH GRAYLAYER;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   157.30/  158.80
Hole:  12B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   155.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE? CLAYEY SILT;C 10G6/2-PALE GREEN,5GY5/1-MEDIUM GREENISH GRAY,
10GY5/2-GRAYISH GREEN,5G6/1-GREEN GRAY,5B7/1-LT BLUE GRAY,5Y2/1-OLIVE 
BLACK,5RP4/2-GRAY RED PURPLE,10G7/2-PALE GREEN,5P4/2-GRAY PURPLE,5B5/1;S 
4-6 CM SLIGHT UNCERTAIN GREEN GRAY MOTTLING,30-34 CM SLIGHT AND 49-57 CM 
MODERATE UNCERTAIN GRAY RED PURPLE MOTTLING,39-43/69-74 CM MODERATE 
UNCERTAIN MOTTLING,58-65 CM MODERATE UNCERTAIN GRAY PURPLE MOTTLING;S 
DISTORTED MOTTLING 69-74 CM,4-6/34-49/49-57/57-58 CM SHARP HORIZONTAL 
LAYERING,139-146 CM SLIGHT UNCERTAIN LT BLUE GRAY MOTTLING;U 75-80 CM 4 
CHERT RX 20-50 MM;O 80-139 CM EMPTY LINER;D 28-31 CM OLIVE GRAY MOTTLE 
POSSIBLY CORING DISTURBANCE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   206.94/  207.20
Hole:  12B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   205.70
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1240/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY CLAY;C N3-DK GRAY,5GY4/1-DK GREENISH GRAY,5G6/1-GREENISH 
GRAY,5G5/1;S 124-126 CM GREATUNCERTAIN DK GRAY MOTTLING,126-134 CM 
MODERATE UNCERTAIN DK GRAY MOTTLING,124-126/134-137/138-142 CM DKGREENISH 
GRAY LAYERS WITH IRREGULAR GOOD BASAL CONTACTS,
126-134/137-138/144-146/148-150 CM GREENISH GRAY LAYERS WITH IRREGULAR 
GOOD BASAL CONTACTS;U CHERT FRAG AT TOP OF SECTION,IRREGULAR CHERT AT 
APPROX 140CM;H SOFT;Z 33213000 
 
 
    

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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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