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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.50/   26.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    20.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM SAND;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;O VERY UNIFORM;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    71.50/   73.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,7.5YR8/2-PINKISHWHITE,9Y;S MODERATE 
MOTTLING (9Y) 27-125 CM;D DISTURBED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    73.20/   74.50
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CLAY;C 10YR7.5/3-VERY PALE BROWN,5YR8/2-PINK,10YR8/2-VERY PALE 
BROWN,5YR8/4-PINK,10YR5/1;S INTERBEDDED PINK AND VERY PALE BROWN;O VERY 
PALE BROWN 20-45 CM,PINK 45-50 CM,VERY PALE BROWN 50-80 CM,PINK 80-105 CM,
VERY PALE BROWN 105-150;S ALL BASAL CONTACTS ARE SHARP,IRREGULAR CONTACT 
45 CM,HORIZONTAL CONTACTS 50 AND 80 AND 105 CM,FINE MOTTLING IN VERY 
PALEBROWN PARTS;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    74.50/   74.77
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 270
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,-VERY PALE BROWN;S VERY PALE BROWN INTENSE 
MOTTLING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    74.77/   75.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  270/ 500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/1.5-WHITE;D DEFORMED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    75.00/   75.27
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/ 770
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,-VERY PALE BROWN;S VERY PALE BROWN INTENSE 
MOTTLING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    75.27/   75.75
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  770/1250
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/1.5-WHITE;D DEFORMED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    75.75/   76.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    67.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1250/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,-VERY PALE BROWN;S VERY PALE BROWN INTENSE 
MOTTLING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    82.10/   83.60
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    76.10
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN;O UNIFORM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    89.75/   91.20
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    85.20
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINK,5YR7/6-YELLOWISH RED,10YR7/4-VERY PALE 
BROWN,-BLACK;S MODERATELY MOTTLED 5-50 AND 115-150 CM;D DISTURBED 50-115 
CM;U BLACKMANGANESE INCLUSIONS 5-50 CM;P INOCERAMUS AND SCAPHOPODA 
FRAGMENTS AND BENTHIC FORAMS IN SOFT MATERIAL 50-115 CM;O PINK AND 
YELLOWISH RED 5-50 AND 115-150 CM,VERY PALE BROWN 50-115 CM,CORE DRIED 
BEFORE SPLITTING (NOT LONG ENOUGH);H SOFT 50-115 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    96.50/   98.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5YR8/4-PINK,5YR8/3-PINK,10YR4/1,5YR8/2;S MODERATE 
MOTTLING THROUGHOUT (10YR4/1 AND5YR8/2);P 2 INOCERAMUS FRAGMENTS (10-15 
MICRONS) AT145 CM;O CORE DRIED TO ALLOW SPLITTING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   102.50/  104.00
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    96.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5YR8/3-PINK,5YR7/3;S SLIGHT MOTTLING (5YR7/3) OF 
UNCERTAIN TYPE THROUGHOUT;P INOCERAMUS FRAGMENTS 76-100 AND 37 AND 12 CM;O 
CORE DRIEDBEFORE SPLITTING,SOME CORE LOSS;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   105.60/  107.10
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C -LIGHT GRAY,-PINK,10YR8/2-WHITE;O CORE COMPLETELY 
MESSED UP,LIGHT GRAY AND PINK FORAM NANNO OOZE COATED BY SLUSHY WHITE 
FORAM SAND;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   107.10/  108.60
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO OOZE;C -LIGHT GRAY,-PINK,10YR8/2-WHITE;O CORE COMPLETELY 
MESSED UP,LIGHT GRAY AND PINK FORAM NANNO OOZE COATED BY SLUSHY WHITE 
FORAM SAND;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   108.60/  110.10
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,7.5YR7/2,7.5YR7/4;S SLIGHT PINK MOTTLING 
THROUGHOUT;U MANY MANGANESENODULES 14-20 AND 62-66 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   110.10/  111.60
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,7.5YR7/4-PINK;S INTENSE PINK MOTTLING;U 
MANY 1 MM CUBE MANGANESE DUST NODULES 87-123;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   111.60/  113.10
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 7.5YR8/2-PINKISH WHITE,7.5YR7/4-PINK;S INTENSE PINK 
MOTTLING OF UNCERTAIN TYPE THROUGHOUT;U MANY 1 MM CUBE MANGANESE DUST 
NODULES 40 CM;P SEVERAL INOCERAMUS FRAGMENTS 140 CM;Z 11121210 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   113.10/  114.60
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   105.60
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 7.5YR8/4-PINK,7.5YR7/4-PINK,10YR7/8-YELLOW,10YR5/1;S 
SLIGHT MOTTLING (7.5YR7/4) THROUGHOUT;U MANY INOCERAMUS FRAGMENTS UP TO 50 
MM IN SIZE THROUGHOUT;O DOMINANT COLOR 7.5YR8/4-PINK,10YR5/1 24-40 AND 
60-65,YELLOW 70-78 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   131.80/  133.30
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   124.30
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 7.5YRN7.5-PALE GRAY,-WHITE;O ROCKY AND MIXED,COREWAS DRIED 3 DAYS BEFORE 
SPLITTING BECAUSE OF SOUPY NATURE;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   133.40/  133.40
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   124.30
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 WHITE COQUINA;C -WHITE,-GREEN;U GREEN STAINS;P PELRCYPODS,BENTHONIC 
FORAMS,ECHINOID FRAGMENTS;O 5 CM OF CORE RECRYSTALLIZED;Z 11121210 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   130.10/  130.56
Hole:  21   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   130.10
Core:   9   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 460
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 WHITE COQUINA;C -WHITE,-GREEN;U GREEN STAINS;P PELRCYPODS,BENTHONIC 
FORAMS,ECHINOID FRAGMENTS;O FRESHAPPEARANCE,POROUS;Z 11121210

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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