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Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.13
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 130
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIAT NANNO OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED;O GRAYISH ORANGE TO DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;P 10-13 CM 
DARK YELLOWISH BROWN MORE ORGANIC (SAPROPEL) RICH-LESS DIAT;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.13/    0.27
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  130/ 270
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY;D MODERATELY DISTURBED;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.27/    0.48
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  270/ 480
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIAT NANNO OOZE;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED;O GRAYISH ORANGE TO DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;P SAPROPEL 
RICH NEAR BASE 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.48/    1.18
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  480/1180
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 5GY8/1-LIGHT GREENISH GRAY,5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,N4-MEDIUM 
GRAY,5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY;S 48-80 CM LIGHT GREENISH GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY 
STREAKS OF MEDIUM GRAY,SUGGESTION OF MOTTLING 80-95 CM OLIVE GRAY WITH 
LENSE OF GREENISH GRAY 95-118 CM GREENISH GRAY WITH MOTTLES OF OLIVE GRAY;
D 48-80 CM MODERATELY DISTURBED 80-118 CM INTENSELY DISTURBED;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.18/    1.50
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1180/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARLY CALC OOZE;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,-GREENISH GRAY;D INTENSE ? DEFORMATION;
S 145-150 CM MOTTLE OF GREENISH GRAY;P DIATOMACEOUS MOTTLES OF NANNO OOZE;
H SOFT48400   1 2  001500    0.00    1.50    3.0011L MARLY CALC OOZE;C 
5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY;S OLIVE GRAY WITH MOTTLES OF 
GREENISH GRAY,30-35 CM MOTTLE 130-132 CM ZOOPHYCUS BURROW MOTTLING 
PROBABLY RELATED TO BURROWING;D 0-20 CM AND 110-150 CM SLIGHTLY DISTURBED 
20-28 CM INTENSELY DISTURBED 28-110 CM MODERATELY DISTURBED,COLOR MOTTLES 
APPEAR TOREFLECT DRILLING DISTURBANCE;P 85 CM 90 CM AND 110 CM MOTTLES 
NANNO OOZE 121 CM MOTTLES OF SLIGHTLY COARSER MORE QTZ RICH,
DIATAMACEOUS-MOTTLES OF NANNO OOZE;M 121 CM MOTTLES MORE QTZ RICH;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARLY CALC OOZE;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,10YR4/2-DARK 
YELLOWISH BROWN,N3-DARK GRAY;S VAGUE MOTTLING AND BURROWING (?) 0-120 CM 
OLIVE GRAY OCCASIONAL MOTTLES OF GREENISH GRAY 120-123 CM COARSER MOTTLES 
120-150 CM DARK YELLOWISH BROWN MOTTLES OF DARK GRAY;D OCCASIONAL MOTTLES 
OF NANNO OOZE PROBABLY DRILLING DISTURBANCE,25-77 CM INTENSELY DISTURBED,
77-150 CM MODERATELY DISTURBED;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARLY CALC OOZE;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,N3-DARK 
GRAY;S HOMOGENEOUS EXCEPT FORMOTTLES AND STREAKS OF BLACK WHICH ARE RICH 
IN PYRITE AND HYDROTROILLITE,45-150 CM DARK YELLOWISH BROWNABUNDANT 
IRREGULAR LAMINAE AND MOTTLES OF DARK GRAY;D 0-45 CM INTENSELY DISTURBED 
45-150 CM SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;M MOTTLES AND STREAKS OF BLACK WHICH ARE RICH 
IN PYRITE AND HYDROTROILLITE ?;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARLY CALC OOZE;C 10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,N3-DARK GRAY;S DARK 
YELLOWISH BROWN STREAKED AND MOTTLED WITH DARK GRAY AS LOWER SECTION 4;D 
SLIGHTLY DISTURBED ?,DIFFICULT TO APPRAISE DRILLING DISTURBANCE BECAUSE OF 
DIFFICULTY IN SLICING CORE;H SOFT;Z 11111110.3908 
 
 
Leg : 48    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    8.91
Hole: 400   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1410
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 MARLY CALC OOZE;D SLIGHTLY ? DISTURBED;M BLACK PYRITE CONCRETIONS BECOME 
LESS FREQUENT IN LOWER 50 CM;H SOFT;Z 11111110.3908 
 
 
    

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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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