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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.07/    1.50
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 10GY3/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN,2.5Y4/4-OLIVE BROWN,
5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,2.5Y5/4-LIGHT OLIVE BROWN;S 7-70 CM 10GY3/2,
70-114 CM 2.5Y4/4,114-130 CM 5YR3/3,130-150 CM 2.5Y5/4,ALL ABOVE NANNO 
FORAM OOZE;D MODERATELY DISTURBED;O VOID 0-7,AND 116-121 (APPROX.) CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 421   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 5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE BROWN,5YR7/3-DARK REDDISH 
BROWN;S 0-77,96-104 CM 5Y4/4 NANNO FORAM OOZE,SEDIMENTARY JUNCTION AT 77 
CM,77-96 CM 5YR7/3 OOZE,104-150 CM MIXTURE OF ABOVE LITHOLOGIES;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED 0-40 CM,HIGHLY DISTURBED 65-80 AND 96-150 CM,SOUPY 
80-96;O 77-96 CM VERY WET 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL REDDISH BROWN CLAY AND OLIVE GREY NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5Y5/2-LIGHT 
OLIVE GREY,5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,7.5YR4/4-DARK BROWN,10Y4/2-GREYISH 
OLIVE,N4-GREY;S 0-14 AND 68-82 CM IS 5Y5/2 NANNO FORAM OOZE (WET),14-68 
(APPROX.) AND 82-111 CM IS 5YR3/3 CLAY,110-120 CM (APPROX.) IS 7.5YR4/4 
NANNO FORAM OOZE GRADING--FROM 120 TO 128 CM--INTO 5Y5/2,SHARP CONTACT AT 
130 CM,130-150 CM IS 10Y4/2 WITH N4 PATCHES;D INTENSELY DISTURBED 0-105 CM,
MODERATELY DISTURBED 105-150 CM;U N4 PATCHES 130-150 CM;O 14-68 VERY WET,
68-82 NOT AS WET,SMEARS AT 50,115,125,AND 140 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    5.96
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1460
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,10Y4/2-GREYISH OLIVE,
10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE BROWN;S 0-7,25-42,52-68,
AND 126-130 CM IS 5YR3/3 NANNO FORAM OOZE,7-25 CM IS THIN WEDGE OF 10Y4/2 
SHADED:10YR4/4 GRADING INTO 5Y4/4 GRADING INTO 10Y4/2,35-50,70-73,AND 
130-135 CM IS MIXTURE OF 10YR4/4 AND 10Y4/2,73-126 AND 135-146 CM IS 
10Y4/2;DMODERATELY DISTURBED 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.47
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1470
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 10Y4/2-GREYISH OLIVE,5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,
10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;S 0-20,44-70,AND 113-141 CM IS 10Y4/2 NANNO 
FORAM OOZE,20-42,70-84,AND 141-147 CM IS 5YR3/3,42-44 CM IS 10YR4/4,84-113 
CM IS 10YR4/4 INTERSPERSED WITH 5YR3/3;D MODERATELY DISTURBED 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.53/    9.00
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   30/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL NANNO FORAM OOZE;C 5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH 
BROWN,10YR4/2-GREYISH OLIVE,N/6-DARD GREY,5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE BROWN,
5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN;S 3-10,60-67,AND 83-102 CM IS 10YR4/4,10-54,
76-83,AND 102-130 CM IS 10YR4/2 CONTAINING RARE N/6 SPOTS,54-60 CM IS 
5YR3/3,67-76 CM IS 5Y4/4,130-150CM IS 5GY5/2;D MODERATELY DISTURBED;U 
N/6-DARK GREYSPOTS;O VOID WITH TRACE OF 5YR3/3 0-3 CM,VOID 30-50CM,SMEARS 
AT 20,63,AND 70 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.00/    9.35
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 350
Sect:  7
 
Visual Text Description:
HUML NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE;C 5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE BROWN,5G3/2-DUSKY GREEN;
S 5Y4/4 NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE WITH TWO SMALL DOTS OF 5G3/2 (SIMILAR IN 
TEXTURE TO MAIN SEDIMENT),LAYER (25-35 CM) OF 5Y4/4 CALCAREOUS OOZE;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED;U TWO SMALL DOTS OF 5G3/2 AT APPROX. 7 AND 10 CM 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.45/    9.50
Hole: 421   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
HUML NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE,5Y4/4-MODERATE OLIVE 
BROWN,5GY5/2-DUSKY YELLOW GREEN;S U0Y4/2 CALCAREOUS OOZE IN TOP 2 CM,5Y4/4 
2-12 CM (APPROX.),REST IS 5GY5/2,ALL APPEAR TO BE NANNOFOSSIL FORAM OOZE;D 
MODERATELY DISTURBED TO 10 CM,HIGHLY DISTURBED BELOW;P NANNOS,FORAMS 
(WHOLE CORE 1-1 TO 1CC);Z 11111221.1210

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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