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Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.30/    1.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH SILTY CLAY,COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y5/2-OLIVEGREY,2.5Y2/0,5Y4/1-DARK 
GREY;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O COLOR CHANGE ORDER 5Y5/2 TO 2.5Y2/0 TO 5Y4/1 
TO 5Y5/2 CONTACTS NOT DEFINITE,VOID 0-30CM;H FIRM TO SOFT;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL SILTY CLAY;C 5Y5/2-OLIVE GREY,5Y4/1-DARKGREY;D INTENSE 
DEFORMATION THROUGHOUT;O GRADATIONALCHANGE FROM OLIVE GREY TO DARK GREY 
FROM 50 TO 90 CM,SCATTERED DARK PATCHES WITH HIGH TERRIGENOUS CONTENT 
THROUGHOUT;H FIRM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y4/1-DARK GREY;D INTENSEDEFORMATION THROUGHOUT;O 
DIFFUSE DARK PATCHES THROUGHOUT,GREY NEAR 0 DARK GREY NEAR 150 CONTACT NOT 
NOTED;H FIRM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y4/1-DARK GREY,5Y5/1 TO 5Y6/1-LIGHT GREY TO GREY;D 
INTENSE DEFORMATION;O LIGHT GREYTO GREY FROM 90 TO 113 CM,DIFFUSE DARK 
PATCHES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY NANNO OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y5/1 TO 5Y6/1,5Y4/1;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;
O 5Y5/1 TO 5Y6/1 FROM 60 TO90 CM,5Y4/1 FROM 90 TO 150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.55/    9.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y4/1-DARK GREY;D INTENSEDEFORMATION;O VOID 0 TO 
5 AND 58 TO 80 CM,GREY 5 TO58,DARK GREY 80 TO 150;H FIRM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.80/   10.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO BEARING DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O SOME 
LIGHT AREAS,VOID 0-80CM;H FIRM;Z 33211000.1210 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.50/   12.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O 
PATCHES OF 5Y6/1 AND 2.5Y3/0 FROM 30 TO 140;H FIRM;Z 33211000.1210 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.00/   13.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O 
SMALL DIFFUSE PATCHES OF 5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0 SMALL FLECKS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.50/   15.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O 
SMALL DIFFUSE PATCHES OF 5Y6/1 TO 2.5Y3/0;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.00/   16.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O PLASTIC 
SOCK CATCHER 65 TO 73 CM,PATCHES OF 5Y6/1 AND 7.5Y3/0 FROM 30 TO 120;H 
FIRM;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.50/   18.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y5/1-GREY,5Y6/1,2.5Y3/0;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O 
PROMINANT PATCHES OF 5Y6/1 AT 40 TO 50 CM,2.5Y3/0 PATCHES SCATTERED 
THROUGHOUT;H FIRM;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    55.50/   56.30
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    55.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 800
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y4/1-DARK GREY,5Y5/1-GREY,2.5Y2/0;D MODERATE DEFORMATION 
0 TO 70 CM,INTENSE DEFORMATION 70 TO 80 CM;O ALL COLORS MIXED 0 TO 21 CM,
DARK GREY 21 TO 80 CM;H FIRM;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    56.30/   57.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    55.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y4/1-DARK GREY,5Y5/1-GREY,2.5Y2/0;D INTENSE 
DEFORMATION THROUGHOUT;O GREY 80TO 120,VERTICLE INTERFINGERING OF GREY AND 
DARK GREY FROM 170 TO 150;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    57.00/   58.50
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    55.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y6/1,5Y3/1,5Y4/1;D INTENSE DEFORMATION 0 TO 90 CM 
MODERATE OTHERWISE;O 5Y3/4 AND 5Y4/1 FROM 0 TO 50 CM,5Y6/1 50 TO 150,
LAMINATIONS PARALLEL TO TUBE FROM INJECTION 0 TO 90 CM,DARK PATCHES 
THROUGHOUT 90 TO 150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    58.50/   60.00
Hole: 250   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    55.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY RICH COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y6/1,5Y5/1,5Y4/1,2.5Y2/0;D MODERATE 
DEFORMATION 0 TO 50 CM,INTENSE DEFORMATION 50 TO 150 CM;O SLIGHT MOTTLING 
0 TO 50 CM OF 5Y5Y6/1 WITH 5Y5/1 AND 5Y5/1 DOMINANT 0 TO 25 CM WITHY6/1 
DOMINANT 25 TO 50 CM,5Y4/1 50 TO 98,5Y5/1 98 TO 141 CM,MIXED 5Y5/1 AND 
5Y6/1 FROM 145 TO 150 CM, DARK PATCHES OF 2.5Y2/0 FROM 0 TO 100 CM;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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