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Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.50/   10.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GREY,-GRAYISH;S FINE GREYISH MOTTLES 
SCATTERED IN DISTURBED PART BUT THROUGHOUT THE UNDISTURBED PART OF THE 
CORE;D SOFT TO SOUPY FROM 0-32 AND 51-116 CM AND PROBABLY HIGHLY DISTURBED;
H SOFT TO SOUPY 0-32 AND 51-116 CM,SOFT BUT COHERENT FROM 32-51 AND 
116-150 CM;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.08/   11.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GREY;S INDISTINCT CIRCULAR MOTTLES UP TO 3 CM 
ACROSS OF SLIGHTLY LIGHTER AND DARKER SHADE;H SOFT BUT COHERENT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.50/   13.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;O LIKE SECTION 1-2;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.00/   14.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;S LIGHTER MOTTLES ARE MORE DISTINCT;O LIKE SECTION 
1-2;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.50/   16.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;S MORE DISTINCT LIGHTER MOTTLES;O LIKE SECTION 1-2;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.00/   17.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;D SOFT TENDING TO SOUPY IN PLACES;O LIKE SECTION 
1-2;H SOFT TENDING TO SOUPY INPLACES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.60/   17.60
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     8.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 5Y8/2-PINKISH GREY;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.17/   19.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1170/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 5R9/1-GREYISH PINK;D SOFT AND IN PLACES SOUPY;H SOFT 
AND IN PLACES SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.50/   21.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;S INDISTINCT LAMINAE ALONG CORE;D SOFT,SUGGESTION OF 
MODERATE-INTENSE DEFORMATION;P SPINE 1 MM WIDE AND 15MM LONG AT 68 CM;O 
LIKE SECTION 2-1;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    21.00/   22.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;S VERTICAL BEDDING OVER MUCH OF LENGTH;O BEDDING PICKED 
OUT BY SLIGHTLY DARKER AND LIGHTER LAYERS,LIKE SECTION 2-1;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    22.50/   24.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/2-VERY PALE ORANGE;S VERTICAL BEDDING DUE TO 
SLIGHTLY LIGHTER LAYERS OVER MOST OF CORE;O LIKE SECTION 2-1 BUT VERY PALE 
ORANGE BELOW 105 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.00/   25.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;S "VERTICAL BEDDING" DOWN TO 105CM;D APPEARS 
DEFORMED;O APPEARS LESS DEFORMED BELOW 105 CM,LIKE SECTION 2-1;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.50/   27.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/2-VERY PALE ORANGE,5YR8/1-PINKISH GREY;S 
VERY PALE ORANGE WITH A FEW BEDS 5 CM THICK OF PINKISH GREY;O LIKE SECTION 
2-1;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    27.10/   27.10
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RICH NANNO OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GREY;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   139.76/  140.01
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  260/ 510
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE;S SEMILITHIFIED,FAINT IRREGULAR LAMINAE;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   140.01/  141.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  510/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE BRECCIA AND MUD;S ONE FRAGMENT EXTENDSACROSS CORE FROM 117-123 
CM;H SOFT MUD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   141.00/  142.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE,5P2/1-PURPLISH BLACK;S MAINLY AS DRILLING 
BRECCIA WITH SEMILITHIFIED FRAGMENTS OF CORE WIDTH AT 9-19 34-42 60-63 
84-91 CM,A FEW STREAKY PATCHES 2 OR 3 MM ACROSS OF PURPLISH BLACK;U CHERT 
PEBBLE 3 CM LONG 99-102 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   142.50/  144.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;S SEMILITHIFIED FRAGMENTS OF CORE WIDTH FROM 4-16 30-38 60-67 
74-82 97-109 126-134CM;O LIKE SECTION 3-2 (BRECCIATED);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   144.00/  145.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;S SEMILITHIFIED FRAGMENTS OF CORE WIDTH FROM 0-11 23-33 42-51 
67-79 AND 143-147CM,SHATTERED CHERT FRAGMENT 3 CM LONG 101-104 CM;D SOUPY 
INTERVAL 57-65CM LOST IN CORE PREPARATION;O LIKE SECTION 3-2 (BRECCIATED);
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   145.50/  146.96
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1460
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;S MAINLY TURNED VISCOUS WITH A FEW SEMILITHIFIED BLOCKS AT 
36-43 61-68 103-110 AND 135-142CM,FAINT SUBVERTICAL BEDDING IN INTERVENING 
INTERVALS;O LIKE SECTION 3-2;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   147.00/  148.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;S TURNED VISCOUS EXCEPT FOR SEMILITHIFIED BLOCKS AT 16-24 
44-51 61-70 88-102 AND 138-144 CM;U LIGHT GREY CHERT PEBBLE 4 CM ACROSS 
145-149 CM;OLIKE SECTION 3-2 (BRECCIATED);C -LIGHT GREY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   148.60/  148.60
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   139.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE,5B7/1-LIGHT BLUISH GREY;U LIGHT BLUISH 
GREY CHERT NODULE 6CM ACROSS;HSTIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   149.33/  150.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  330/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE,-LIGHT GRAY;S SEMILITHIFIED,LIGHT GREY 
CHERT FRAGMENT 3 CM ACROSS AT41 CM AND SEVERAL FRAGMENTS UP TO 3 CM ACROSS 
95-140CM;D BADLY BRECCIATED BY DRILLING EXCEPT FROM 43-6485-95 AND 140-148 
CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   150.53/  151.97
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   30/1470
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;S SEMILITHIFIED AREAS OF CORE WIDTH AT 27-34 39-46 53-72 AND 
128-136 CM,LIGHT GREY CHERT FRAGMENTS 3 CM ACROSS AT 124 CM AND 145 CM;O 
LIKE SECTION 4-1 (BRECCIATED);C -LIGHT GREY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   152.00/  153.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE,-LIGHT GREY;S A FEW SMALL LIGHT GREY 
STREAKY PATCHES;U LIGHT GREY EQUANT CHERT NODULE 9-16 CM;O HOMOGENISED,
TEXTURE IS SOFT BUT UNEVEN (LUMPY) INDICATING ALMOST COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF 
ORIGINAL LITHIFIED NATURE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   153.50/  155.00
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;O LIKE SECTION 4-3 (HOMOGENIZED);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   155.00/  155.18
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 180
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;O LIKE SECTION 4-3 (HOMOGENIZED);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   155.18/  156.50
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  180/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE,-LIGHT GREY;S SEMILITHIFIED,A FEW FAINT 
HORIZONTAL LAMINAE AND SMALLLIGHT GREY PATCHY SMEARS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 28    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   156.60/  156.60
Hole: 264A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   149.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE;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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