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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.50
Hole: 419A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5Y4/4-OLIVE BROWN,10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE,
10YR3/3-DARK BROWN,5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN,10YR4/3-DARK BROWN;S 0-30 CM 
VERY SOFT MIXED 5Y4/4AND 10Y4/2 NANNO FORAM OOZE,SMALL (1-2 CM) 
INDURATEDPATCHES (10YR3/3) INCLUDED,GRADING INTO MORE CONSOLIDATED 10Y4/2 
OOZE (30-100 CM) WITH IRREGULAR PATCHESOF 5GY3/2 SEDIMENT (ABOUT 1-3 CM 
ACROSS) NEAR BOTTOM,GRADUAL CHANGE AT ABOUT 100 CM TO 10YR4/3 FORAM OOZE,
MORE CONSOLIDATED THAN ABOVE,PROBABLY LESS DEFORMED BUT LITTLE EVIDENCE OF 
PRIMARY STRUCTURES;D VERY HIGHLY DEFORMED 0-30 CM,HIGHLY DEFORMED 30-120 
CM,MODERATELY DEFORMED 120-150CM;U 1-2 CM INDURATED 10YR3/3 PATCHES 0-30 
CM,IRREGULAR PATCHES OF 5GY3/2 SEDIMENT (ABOUT 1-3 CM ACROSS) 90-100 CM;O 
SMEAR SLIDESTAKEN AT 4 AND 97 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 419A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,
5Y5/2-LIGHT OLIVE GRAY,5Y4/4 MODERATE OLIVE BROWN,5Y5/6-LIGHT OLIVE BROWN;
S UNIFORM 10YR3/3CONSOLIDATED NANNO FORAM OOZE (0-25 CM),CONTORTED CONTACT 
AT BASE (SHARP),10YR5/4 FIRM SEDIMENT (25-55 CM),CONTORTED CONTACT (SHARP),
5Y5/2 OOZE 55-75 CM,INDISTINCT CONTORTED CONTACT--SIMILAR SHAPE TO THE 
CONTACTS HIGHER IN SECTION,5Y4/4 OOZE 75-130 CM GRADINGINTO 5Y5/6 OOZE 
(INDISTINCT CONTACT?);D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;O SMEAR SLIDES AT 25 AND 100 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 419A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE BROWN,5Y5/4-OLIVE,
5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN,10GY3/2-DARKER DUSKY YELLOWISH GREEN,
10GY5/2-GREYISH GREEN,5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN,5PB3/2-DUSKY BLUE;S 0-50 
CM WELL CONSOLIDATED 5Y4/4 OOZE GRADING TO 5Y5/4 TOWARDS CONTACT AT 50 CM,
BURROWS AT 27 CM INFILLED WITH 5Y4/4,CONTORTED SEDIMENTARY CONTACT (SHARP) 
AT 50CM,5GY5/2 OOZE 50-80 CM,1 CM THICK 10GY3/2 BAND AT 60 CM,BURROWSNEAR 
BOTTOM,FLAT UNDISTURBED SEDIMENTARY CONTACT AT80 CM,10GY5/2 WITH NUMEROUS 
10GY3/2 BURROWS 80-127CM,CALCAREOUS (?) NODULE 1CM DIAMETER AT 125 CM,
127-133 CM 5GY3/2 OOZE BECOMING INTERLAYERED WITH 5PB3/2OOZE,133-140 CM 
5PB3/2 OOZE (FLAT SHARP UNDISTURBEDCONTACTS),140-150 CM 10GY5/2 OOZE;D 
SLIGHTLY DISTURBED 0-50 CM,NO DISTURBANCE 50-150 CM;U CALCAREOUS (?)NODULE 
1CM DIAMETER AT 125 CM;O SMEAR SLIDES AT 20AND 100 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    4.65
Hole: 419A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S UNIFORM 5GY3/2 
NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE,NO SEDIMENTARYSTRUCTURES;D DEGREE OF DEFORMATION 
UNKNOWN;O SMEARSLIDE TAKEN AT 5CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.75/    4.85
Hole: 419A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5GY3/2-GREYISH OLIVE GREEN;S FRAGMENTED 5GY3/2 
NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE;D DRILL BRECCIATED;Z 11111210.1221 
 
 
    

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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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