Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.50
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL CLAY;C 5YR3/2-GREYISH BROWN,2.5Y5/6-LT OL BROWN,2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW;S 
0-7CM IS SOUPY VOID WITH A TRACE OF 5YR3/2 CLAY,7-150CM HAS 
BURROWS(2.5Y8/4),MOTTLING NEAR BASE;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;U MOTTLING AND 
BURROWS NEAR BASE,7-150CM IS UNIFORM 2.5Y5.6;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL LT OL BRN CLAY;C 5YR3/2-LT OLIVE BROWN,2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW;S TRACES 
OF BIOTURBATION,2.58/4 THIN STREAKS,UNIFORM 5YR3/2;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED?;O 
SIMILAR TOPREVIOUS SECTION;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.15
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL CLAY;C 2.5Y5/4-LT OL BRN;D SLIGHTLY DISTD;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.15/    3.80
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 800
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL OOZE;C 10YR6/6-BROWNISH YELLOW;S UNIFORM 10YR6/6,INVERTED CONTACT AT 
80CM;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.80/    4.44
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1440
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL CLAY;C 2.5Y5/4-LT OL BRN;S BIOTURBATION 105-144CM;D SLIGHTLY 
DISTURBED;H SOFT;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 54    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    4.60
Hole: 429   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 100
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
MTYL CLAY;C 2.5Y5/4-LIGHT OLIVE BROWN;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;O SAME AS 
PREVIOUS SECTIONS;H SOFT;Z 33211000

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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