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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    36.00/   36.15
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    36.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL VOLCANIC SANDSTONE;C 2.5Y4/2-DK.GREYISH BROWN,-RED;S 10X5 CM CHUNK 
WITH SAND-SIZE GRAINS OF BASALT,WEATHERED VOLCANIC (RED),QUARTZ,FELDSPAR,
OLIVE,OPAQUE MINERALS,SIZE RANGE-SAND UP TO 2 CM;M BASALT GRAINS,RED VOLC. 
MATERIAL,QUARTZ,FELDSPAR,OLIVE,OPAQUES;O POSSIBLE QUARTZ CRYSTALS GROWING 
IN VESICLES;H HARD;Z 33234000.3651 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    36.15/   36.40
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    36.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 400
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL VOLCANIC-IGNEOUS ROCKS;S 2 CHUNKS (15-30 AND 30-40 CM);O SEE IGNEOUS 
ROCKS DESCRIPTION;H HARD 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    36.40/   36.50
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    36.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/ 500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL CONGLOMERATE;S CONSISTS OF GRAINS OF ALTERED BASALT OF SIZE 1-25 MM 
(30-35%) AND CARBONATE FRAGMENTS OF CORAL AND ALGAL NODULES UP TO 20 MM 
(30-35%),SILICEOUS GRAINS 0.5-1 MM (2%),CARBONATE CEMENT,WELL CEMENTED;M 
ALTERED BASALT,SILICEOUS AND CARBONATE MATERIAL;P CORAL AND ALGAL NODULES;
H HARD,WELL-CEMENTED;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    41.50/   41.60
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 100
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL CONGLOMERATE;C -YELLOW;S CALCITE CEMENTED PEBBLESAND SAND WHICH ARE 
COMPOSED OF MIXED BASALT AND CARBONATE (YELLOW MAY BE DOLOMITE);M BASALT,
CARBONATE (DOLOMITE?);Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    41.60/   41.70
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/ 200
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL VOLCANIC PEBBLE;H HARD;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    41.70/   42.10
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/ 600
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL SANDSTONE;C 2.5YN3-V.DK.GREY;S VOLCANIC AND CARBONATE CLASTS,GRADED 
BEDDING,FINER GRAINED LAYERS MOREVOLCANIC,LESS CARBONACEOUS THAN COARSER 
GRAINED LAYERS WHICH ARE MORE CARBONACEOUS WITH SHELL FRAGMENTSOFTEN 
TOTALLY REPLACED BY RECRYSTALLIZED CALCITE,OVERALL COARSENESS INCREASES 
WITH DEPTH AND GRADES INTO VOLCANICS BELOW (LARGE CLASTS);M SANDSTONE,
VOLCANICS,CARBONATE;P SHELL FRAGMENTS;Z 33214000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    42.10/   43.00
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL BASALT 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    45.30/   45.40
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL VOLCANIC PEBBLES;S BASALT WITH LARGE FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS;M BASALT,
FELDSPAR;H HARD;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    45.40/   45.50
Hole: 432A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    41.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/ 300
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
  JL SANDY CLAYSTONE-SOIL HORIZON;C 5YR4/6-YELLOWISH RED,
2.5YR3/4-DK.REDDISH BROWN,7.5YR3/2-DK.BROWN;S 5YR4/6 LAYER (APPROX 1.5 CM),
7.5YR3/4 LAYER (APPROX. 5 CM),7.5YR3/2 LAYER (APPROX. 2 CM) IN THAT ORDER;
O SOIL HORIZON;Z 33231000 
 
 
    

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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