Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project

Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.65
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 650
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y5/2-GREYISH BROWN;U FE-MN FRAGMENTS;M 
PALAGONITE,FE-MN,QUARTZ,VOLCANIC;O 95%FORAM OOZE,<5% IS PALAG,FE-MN FRAGS,
QTZ,AND VOLCANIC;H SOUPY;Z 11111221 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.35
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y5/2-GREYISH BROWN;U FE-MN FRAGMENTS;M 
PALAGONITE,FE-MN,QUARTZ,VOLCANIC;P FORAMS;O 95% FORAMS,5% PALAGONITE,FE-MN 
FRAGMENTS,QUARTZ,AND VOLCANICS;H SOUPY 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y5/2-GREYISH BROWN;U FE-MN FRAGS;M PALAG,
FE-MN,QTZ,VOLCS;P FORAMS;O SAME AS CORE 1-2,95% FORAM,5% PALAG,FE-MN,QTZ,
VOLCS;H SOUPY 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    5.00
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y5/2-GREYISH BROWN;D VERYDEFORMED;U FE-MN 
FRAGS;M PALAG,FE-MN,QTZ,VOLCS;P FORAMS;O SAME AS ABOVE,95% FORAM,5% OTHER 
MATERIAL 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.00/    5.60
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1100
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FINE-GRAINED SAND;C 2.5Y3/2-V.DK.GREYISH BROWN,2.5Y5/2-GREYISH BROWN;
S 2.5Y5/2 PATCH 100-105 CM;D VERY DEFORMED;M FE-MN,VOLC.GLASS,BASALT,QTZ,
PALAG;O ALSO CONTAINS GLACIAL TRANSPORTED SAND;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.60/    5.70
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1200
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML CALCAREOUS OOZE;C 2.5Y6/4-LT.YELLOWISH BROWN;D VERY DEFORMED 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.70/    5.75
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1250
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML SAND;C 2.5Y5/2-GREY BROWN;D VERY DEFORMED;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.85/    5.90
Hole: 432   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML CALCAREOUS "VOLCANIC" MUD;C 2.5Y5/4-LT.OLIVE BROWN;U MICRONODULES;M 
MICRONODS,PALAG,VOLC. SAND PART.;H SOFT

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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