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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.05/    0.35
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/ 350
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM DETRITAL CLAY;C 5Y4/2-OLIVE GREY,10YR3/3-DK BROWN;S TOP CM OOZEY 
BROWN FOSSIL RICH CLAY,ONE MOTTLE;D DEFORMED;M RED SEMI OPAQUES;O FAIRLY 
OXIDIZED;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.35/    0.61
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  350/ 610
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS FOSSILFEROUS CLAY;C 10YR3/3-DK BROWN,10YR3/2-GRAY OLIVE;S 
ABUNDANT MOTTLES;O TRANSITIONAL COLOR CHANGE BROWN AT TOP TO GREY OLIVE AT 
BOTTOM INDICATES INCREASE IN SILICA CONTENT;H STIFF;O OXIDIZED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.61/    1.50
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  610/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY;C 56Y4/1-DK GREENISH GREY;OBECOMES SLOPPY AT BASE 
BUT OTHERWISE UNIFORM;H STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS FOSSIL CLAY;C 5GY4/2-OLIVE GREEN,-LIGHTOLIVE,-DARK GREY;S 
ABUNDANT STREAKS+MOTTLES;D DEFORMED;U DARK STREAKS OF MN OR FE SULFIDE;H 
STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICA FOSSIL RICH CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GREY,5GY4/2-OLIVE GREEN,
N/3 DK GREY;S ABUNDANT GREEN+GREY MOTTLES;D DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICA FOSSIL RICH CLAY;C 56Y4/1-DK GREENISH GREY,56Y4/2-OLIVE GREEN,
N/3-DK GREY,10G4/2-GRAYISH GREEN,5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN;S GREY GREEN 
BAND AT 60 CM 1 CM THICK,ZONE OF YELLOW GLASS POCKETS 65 TO 80 CM;D 
DEFORMED;O MARBLIZED;H HARD;Z 21112220.3450 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS FOSSIL RICH DETRITAL CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DK GREENISH GREY,
5GY4/2-OLIVE GREEN,N/3 DK GRAY;D DEFORMED;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 34    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    9.00
Hole: 320A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 5GY3/1-VERY DK GREENISH GREY,5YR2/1-BROWNISH BLACK;S 
ABUNDANT BLACK MOTTLES;D DEFORMED;HSTIFF;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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