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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   168.45/  169.40
Hole:   8   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   167.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD; C 5G5/1-GREENISH GRAY, N4-GRAY, 5G5.5/1-GREEN GRAY, -GRAY GREEN, 
-GRAY BLACK; S SMALL IRREGULAR MOTTLES OF GRAY-BLACK COLOR GREAT IN DEGREE,
 IRREGULAR UNITS OF SLIGHTLY LIGHTER COLOR-ABOUT 1 CM ACROSS-ARE SEPARATED 
BY A DOMINANT MATRIX OF DARKER GRAY-GREEN IMPARTING A "BRECCIATED" 
APPEARANCE TO THE SEDIMENT; O ON CAREFUL EXAMINATION THE CORE IS FOUND TO 
BE "MARBLED" IN TEXTURE, GRAY-GREEN MUD, CORE IS UNIFORM IN TEXTURE 
THROUGHOUT;H SOFT;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   249.65/  250.50
Hole:   8   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   249.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,SILTY CLAY; C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,1/R6.5/6-MODERATE REDDISH 
ORANGE, 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY, 10YR8/2-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN, 
-PINK, 10R6/6; S MOTTLING SLIGHT 65-74 CM GREAT 92-150 CM, LAMINATED BANDS 
74-81CM ARE INCLINED BUT PROBABLY DISTURBED AS A SHEAR ZONE, POSSIBLE 
TURBIDITE 86-92 CM, SHARP CONTACTS AT 86 AND 92 CM, GRADATIONAL CONTACTSAT 
74 AND 81 CM, "L-DISCONFORMITY", BASAL CONTACT OF LOWER GRADED UNIT AT 138 
CM-CONTACT DIPS 20 DEGREES-ABOVE CONTACT GRADED UNIT LAMINATED, AT 125 CM 
MOTTLING APPEARS INCREASING UPWARD, LAYERING IN BOTTOM ZONE; D DISTURBED 
65-74 CM, POSSIBLY DISTURBED 74-86CM; P RADS; O MOTTLES IN UPPER ZONE 
CONTAIN OLIVE GRAY SAND-SIZED GRAINS, SILTY CLAY 65-74 CM VERY PALEBROWN 
WITH OLIVE GRAY MOTTLING AND LAYERING, SILTY CLAY OR CLAY 74-81 CM VERY 
PALE,BROWN WITH VERY PALEBROWN TO OLIVE GRAY ZONES, CLAY 81-86 CM VERY 
PALE BROWN WITH MINOR OLIVE GRAY, TURBIDITE (?) 86-92 CM VERY PALE BROWN 
WITH OLIVE GRAY LAYERING, RAD RICH SILTY CLAY OR CLAY 92-150 CM MODERATE 
REDDISH ORANGE (PINK) WITH MINOR VERY PALE 
BROWN-10YR6.5/6-10R6/6--MOTTLING  VERY PALE BROWN TO 10R6/6 WITH SIMILARLY 
COLORED LAYERING;H SOFTZ 33211000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   250.50/  252.00
Hole:   8   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   249.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD MUD; C 2.5Y6/6-LIGHT RED,N2-BLACK,5YR5/3-REDDISH BROWN,7.5YR8/4-PINK,
2.5Y6/6-LIGHT RED, 10Y6/2-PALE OLIVE; S SHORT DISCONTINUOUS STREAKS OF 
BLACK IN A LAYER OF LIGHT GRAY 12-14 CM, SHARP BASAL CONTACT 42 CM-MARKED 
BY DIAGONAL VERY THIN LIGHT GRAY BAND, POSSIBLE TURBIDITE 25-50 CM, COLOR 
BOUNDARY DEGRADATION(SMALL FRAGMENTS OF MUD) AT 27 CM, DISTURBED ZONE65-68 
CM CONTAINS BANDS OF QUARTZ SILT--POSSIBLE TURBIDITE; D POSSIBLY DISTURBED 
ZONE 65-70 CM; U MANGANESE MICRONODULES 12-17 CM, SHORT DISCONTINUOUS 
STREAKS OF BLACK IN A LAYER OF GRAY 12-14 CM; M MANGANESE, QUARTZ;P COARSE 
LARGE RADIOLARIA NEAR 42 CM; O MAJOR COLORS ARE LIGHT RED AND PALE OLIVE;H 
SOFT;Z 22112210.3450 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   252.00/  253.50
Hole:   8   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   249.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD OOZE; C 5YR6/6-REDDISH YELLOW, 5YR8/4-PINK, 5Y5/4-OLIVE; S 
GRADATIONAL CONTACT AT 60 CM, "SLUMP STRUCTURE" HIGHLY DISTURBED WHIRLS OF 
VARIAGATE COLORDEFORMED AND DISRUPTED, GREAT MOTTLING THROUGHOUT LENGTH;Z 
00000000 
 
 
    

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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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