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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   503.00/  503.24
Hole:  24A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   503.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 240
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD FORAM CLAYSTONE;C 5Y7.5/2-LIGHT GREEN GREY,5Y3/2-DARK OLIVE GREY;S 
INTERBEDDING OF BOTH COLORS;D FRAGMENTED BY DRILLING;M QUARTZ;P 
FORAMINIFERA;O THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL DEEP SEA CLAY-IT LOOKS MORE LIKE 
SHALE AND MUDSTONE THAT ONE SEES IN THE CRETACEOUS OF CALIFORNIA;Z 
33231000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   511.00/  511.27
Hole:  24A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   511.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 270
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYSTONE;C -DARK GREEN GREY,-DARK GREY,-BLACK;S LAMINAE AND BEDS OF DARK 
GREY TO BLACK;D FRAGMENTED BY DRILLING;M QUARTZ;P RADIOLARIA;O WAXY LUSTER;
Z 33231000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   540.59/  541.50
Hole:  24A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   540.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  590/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDSTONE GREYWACKE;C 5BG5/2-GREY BLUE GREEN,N2-DARK GREY,5BG3/2-DUSKY 
BLUE GREEN,5Y2/1-OLIVE BLACK,5BG5/6-MEDIUM GREY BLUE GREEN,5YR2/1-DARK 
BROWN GREY,5BG4/2-DARK GREEN GREY;S INTENSE MOTTLING 93-150 CM OF DARK 
GREEN GREY,CALCITE VEINS 59-65 CM;U PYRITE NODULES 2-10 MM IN DIAMETER 
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT;M CHLORITE,CALCITE,QUARTZ,FELDSPAR,PYRITE;O GREY BLUE 
GREEN AND DARK GREY 59-65 CM,DUSKY BLUE GREEN 65-81 CM,OLIVE BLACK 81-86 
CM,MEDIUM GREY BLUE GREEN 86-93 CM,DARK BROWN GREY DOMINANT 93-150 CM;H 
INDURATED 59-65 CM;Z 33233000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   551.50/  552.94
Hole:  24A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   550.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1440
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5G2/1-GREEN BLACK,5G6/1-GREEN GREY;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED,ENTIRE 
SECTION IS PROBABLY CORING RESIDUE;U CLAY NODULES OF GREEN GREY 110-144 CM;
M QUARTZ,MICROCLINE,PLAGIOCLASE,MUSCOVITE,TOURMALINE,TOPAZ(?),CALCITE,
GLAUCONITE;P RADIOLARIA;O VALIDITY OF CORE VERY DOUBTFUL;H SOFT EXTREMELY 
SO;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   553.10/  553.10
Hole:  24A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   550.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 BASALT;C 5Y5/1-GREY,10G5/2-GREEN;S APHANITIC;D FRAGMENTED AND ROUNDED BY 
DRILLING;U CHIPS OF MUDSTONE;M QUARTZ,FELDSPAR,PLAGIOCLASE,
PYROXENE(AUGITE?),OLIVINE(HIGHLY ALTERED),CHLORITE(ALTERED OLIVINE),
SERPENTINE(ALTERED OLIVINE),SAUSSERITE(?),BIOTITE(ALTERING TO CHLORITE),
MAGNETITE,PYRITE,CALCITE,ZEOLITE,ALBITE;P COCCOLITHS,DISCOASTERS;O COUNTRY 
ROCK IS GREY,CHLORITE VEINS ARE G.S.A. 10G5/2;Z 00000000 
 
 
    

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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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