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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.11
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1110
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM DIAT BEARING DET CARB NANNO OOZE;C 1/YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN;S 
MODERATE MOTTLES OF VERY PALE BROWN UPPER 30 CM OCCASIONAL LAMINA 5-10 MM 
LOWER HALF BED MOTTLES SQUARE;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.11/    1.50
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1110/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS DET CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN;S 147 CM 
5 MM LAMINAE OF VERY PALE BROWN;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;M ABUNDANT SAND 
SIZE SMOOTH ROUNDED SOME BOTRYOIDAL MANGANESE (BLACK) AND PHOSPHATE (MED 
BROWN_;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.35
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DET CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN;S SPARSE SMALL MOTTLES OTHERWISE MASSIVE;D 
MODERATE DEFORMATION,SOUPY BEDS (10 CM) OF CLAY RICH NANNO OOZE AT 1-2 M 
SPACINGS;M ABUNDANT SAND SIZE SMOOTH GRAINS OF MANGANESE AND PHOSPHATE 
(BLACK AND BROWN);O SILICEOUS RICH DET CLAY;H SOFT;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.35/    2.45
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/ 950
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY RICH NANNO OOZE;C 10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN;D SOUPY;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.45/    3.00
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  950/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL CLAY;O SAME AS 0-85 CM;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.85
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;M MANGANESE,
GLAUC,PHOSPHATE;U NODULES OF MANGANESE GLAUC AND PHOSPHATE INCREASING 
DOWNWARD;O 0-10 CM GEO CHEM SAMPLE,SILICEOUS RICH,GRADUALLY BECOMING 
DETRITAL SILT CLAY DOWNWARD;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.00/    4.30
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1000/1300
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 DETRITAL SILT CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H FIRM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.40/    4.50
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH FORAM NANNO OOZE;C PALEBROWNISTURBED,SOUPY;H SOUPY;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    4.61
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 110
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS RICH DETRITAL CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN;S LOWER PART NANNO 
OOZE MIXED IN SMALL MOTTLES;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;U VERY ABUNDANT SAND SIZE 
NODULES;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.61/    4.83
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  110/ 330
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NODULE RICH NANNO OOZE;C -WHITISH;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O SAND;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.83/    4.90
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  330/ 400
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS RICH NANNO OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GRAY;DMODERATE DEFORMATION;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.90/    5.30
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/ 800
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NODULE BEARING SILICEOUS RICH DETRITAL CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN;D 
INTENSE DEFORMATION,MIXED WITH SANDY (NODULES) NANNO OOZE BY DRILLING;H 
FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.30/    6.00
Hole: 280   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS RICH NANNO OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GRAY;SSLIGHT MOTTLED (WHITE) 
UPPER HALF OTHERWISE MASSIVE,DISCRETE 1/2 CM BURROWS;H STIFF;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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