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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.50/    4.00
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL MUDDY SAND;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN;D VERY HIGHLY DISTURBED 
(SOUPY);O WATERY;H SOUPY 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.00/    5.50
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL MUDDY SAND;C 10YR3/2-V.DK.GREYISH BROWN;D SOUPY;OWATERY;H SOUPY 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.50/    7.00
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL MUDDY SAND;C 10YR3/3-DK.BROWN;S VERY COARSE FRAGMENTS;D SOUPY;O 
WATERY,LESS WATER THAN SEC 1 AND 2;H SOUPY 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.00/    8.50
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL BEACH DEPOSIT OR SLUMP-"LANDSLIDE";C 10YR3/3-DK.BROWN;S 
UNCONSOLIDATED,ANGULAR AND DEFORMED,CLASTIC,GRAVEL;D VERY DEFORMED,
DOWNHOLE COARSENING IN CORE 2 IS DUE TO PUMPING;U 2CM NODULE AT 145 CM,
CLASTS (SIZE 1-3 CM):ROUNDED BLACK MN NODULES,FRAGMENTS MN,BROWN AND RED 
MUDSTONE--WEATHERED BASALT,LIMESTONE OR CORAL FRAGMENTS,CALCITE CEMENTED 
MN,RED SILTSTONE ANDRED CHERT;M MN,MUDSTONE,LIMESTONE OR CORAL,CALCITE,
SILTSTONE,CHERT;H HARD 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.50/    9.58
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1080
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL BEACH DEPOSIT--SLUMP OR LANDSLIDE;C 10YR4/2-BROWN,-BLACK;S SILTY,
SANDY GRAVEL,VERY CLASTIC,ROUNDED AND ANGULAR PEBBLES,AT 90 CM-COLOR 
CHANGE-DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FINE MATERIAL,GIVES APPEARANCE OF BEING 
BLACK;D HIGHLY DEFORMED;U CLASTS:SAME COMPOSITIONAS 2-4;O DOWNHOLE 
COARSENING IN CORE 2 DUE TO PUMP;H HARD;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.68/    9.68
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL BEACH DEPOSIT;S ROUNDED AND ANGULAR CLASTIC GRAVEL;U 
FRAGMENTS:MUDSTONE,SILTSTONE,MN NODULES AND FRAGMENTS,CORAL OR LIMESTONE,
SIZE RANGE 0.5-2.0 CM;M MUDSTONE,SILTSTONE,MN NODULES AND FRAGMENTS,CORAL 
OR LIMESTONE;H HARD;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.60/    4.60
Hole: 430   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL SANDSTONE;C 10YR4/3-BROWN,10YR4/4-DK.YELLOWISH BROWN,-REDDISH;S FOUR 
PIECES:(1)FINE GRAINED,QTZ-RICH,REDDISH SANDSTONE,5CM X 2CM, (2)FINE 
GRAINED,QTZ-RICH,10YR4/3,5X4 CM,(3)MEDIUM GRAINED,QTZ-RICH,REDDISH,5X3 CM,
(4)FINE GRAINED,QTZ-RICH,10YR4/4,6X4 CM;U SAMPLES 1,2,4 HAVE MN COATING ON 
SURFACE;M SANDSTONE,QUARTZ,MN;O SAMPLE 1 HAS CAVITIES CONTAINING CRYSTALS;
Z 33234000 
 
 
    

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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