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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   229.57/  231.00
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE, 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY;S TWO 
MAJOR MUD TYPES ALTERNATING 5B9/1 NANNO (TERRIGENOUS ?) OOZE SLIGHTLY 
BIOTURBATED BYTHIN BURROWS (CHONDRITES, MYCELLIA) AT 7-18 CM 30-39 CM 
43-65 CM 77-83 CM 143-150 CM AND N9 NANNO (CALCAREOUS ?) OOZE BIOTURBATED 
ELSEWHERE, A FEW THIN LAMINAE OF 5G6/1 NANNO OOZE(PYRITIC AND/OR ORGANIC 
MATTER) AND HALO BURROWS, 5B9/1 SMOOTH MUD (TERRIGENOUS ?) AT 57 CM, 5G6/1 
MUD (PYRITE) THIN LAMINAE AT 59 CM;D SEVERELY DISTURBED AT 7-19 CM,REST 
SLIGHTLYH SOFT-FIRM 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   231.07/  232.50
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE, 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY;S A FEW 
THIN LAMINAE OF 5G6/1 NANNO OOZE MUD, HALO BURROWS, BIOTURBATED (MYCELLIA, 
CHONDRITES, DWELLING BURROWS) CHARACTERIZED BY DARK (ORGANIC RICH, 
PYRITIZED) HOLLOWS, N9 NANNO (CALCAREOUS ?) OOZE AT 60 CM;D SLIGHTLY 
DISTURBED;O 5B9/1 SMOOTH AT7-10 CM 63-76 CM 82-100 CM 111-150 CM, REST IS 
N9;HSOFT 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   232.56/  233.95
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   60/1450
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B8/1-LIGHT BLUISH GRAY, 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE, 
5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY;S HALO BURROWS, THIN LAMINAE OF 5GL/1 NANNO OOZE MUD 
AT 90 CM 118CM;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;O 5B8/1 AT 6-25 CM 30-45 CM47-82 CM 
84-118 CM 130-145 CM, REST IS 5B9/1 TO N9;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   234.05/  235.50
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5G8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 5GY8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 
5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE, 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY, 5GY5/2-GREENISH YELLOW;
S 5B9/1 TO N9 NANNO (CALCAREOUS) OOZE AT 5-20 CM 110-125 CM ANDONLY 
SLIGHTLY AT 20-110 CM 147-150 CM, THIN LAMINAEOF 5G6/1 TO 5GY5/2 MUD, 
THICK DWELLING HOLLOW BURROW, PYRITIZED BURROWS, INTENSIVE BIOTURBATION 
USUALLYLAYER BY LAYER, 5G8/1 SMOOTH MUD AT 127-129 CM;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;
P MYCELLIA;O 5G8/1 TO 5GY8/1 AT 20-110 CM 125-150 CM AND SLIGHTLY AT 5-20 
CM;H FIRM 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   235.53/  237.00
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   30/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5Y8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 5G8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 
5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE, 5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY, 5GY5/2-GREENISH YELLOW;
S THIN LAMINAE AND IRREGULAR SPOTS OF 5GL/1 TO 5GY5/2 MUD AT 87 CM;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED;O 5Y8/1 TO 5G8/1 AT 3-47 CM 50-53 CM 57-103 CM 
110-127 CM 140-150 CM REST IS 5B9/1 TO N9;H SOFT-FIRM 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   237.00/  237.50
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5Y8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 5G8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY, 
5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE, N9-WHITE;O 5B9/1 TO N9 AT 25-30 CM 33-35 CM REST IS 
5Y8/1 TO 5GY8/1, SAME SECTION 5; H SOFT-FIRM 
 
 
Leg : 47    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   237.61/  237.61
Hole: 398B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   229.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  00
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5B9/1-BLUISH WHITE;D SEVERELY DISTURBED;H SOFT;Z 11111210 
 
 
    

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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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