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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.26
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 260
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
DMIL CLAY;H SOUPY;C 5YR2/2-DUSKY BROWN 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.26/    1.50
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  260/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
DMIL NANNO OOZE;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;S PATCHES OFLIGHTER AND DARKER 
SHADES 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.95
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1450
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN,5Y4/4-MOD OLIVE BROWN;S 
NO SED STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT SECTION, GRADES FROM GREENER TO BROWNER SHADE 
ATABOUT 50CM, TRACE OF 10YR2/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWNCLAY AT BASE 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.17
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 170
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTL CLAY;C 10YR2/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN;S SHARPCONTACT AT BASE;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.17/    3.81
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  170/ 810
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTC 2.5Y4/4-OLIVE BROWN, 5Y4/4-MOD OLIVE BROWN;S BANDOF 5Y5/2-LT OLIVE 
GRAY 1CM WIDE AT 30CM;U NODULE AT73CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.81/    4.50
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  810/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTC 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S INDURATED AND NODULAR NEAR TOP, GRAYISH 
BAND 105-108CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    4.83
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 330
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5Y4/4-MOD OLIVE BROWN 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.83/    5.30
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  330/ 800
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5Y5/6-LT OLIVE BROWN 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.30/    5.90
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1400
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MTL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    5.99
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  90
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SDL FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 10Y5/4-LT OLIVE;H FIRM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.99/    6.08
Hole: 420A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   90/ 180
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SDL FORAM NANNO OOZE;C 5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN;H FIRM;Z 11111210.1221

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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