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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.50
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D 0-40CMIS BRECCIA, MOD AT 
40-150CM;S DISTINCT SANDYCOMPONENT COMPOSED MOSTLY OF BROKEN FEL XTALS,
DEFORMATION IS MOD BUT "BOWED" HORIZONS SUGGESTPREVIOUS HORIZ LAMINAE;P 
RADS NOT VERY ABUNDANT;O SMEAR AT 75CM DOM;H SOFT;Z 33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL PEBBLE-BEARING (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISHOLIVE;D MUD;S NO 
OBVIOUS BEDDING;O PEBBLES/LITHICCLASTS AT 23 + 75 + 124CM; O SMEAR AT 75CM;
H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.33
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1330
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D MOD;U LITHIC CLAST AT 
123-127CM; O SMEAR AT 75CM DOM;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.33/    4.50
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1330/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL MUDDY DIAT OOZE;C 10G4/2-GRAYISH GREEN;D MOD;S FEWER SAND + SILT 
FRAGS THAN ABOVE; O SMEAR AT134CM DOM;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10GY4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE, 10G4/2-GRAYISH GREEN;D MOD;
S PREDOM 10GY4/2, BLOTCHY10G4/2 PATCHES;U LARGE GRAYWACKE(?) CLAST AT 
56-64CM; O SMEAR AT 75CM;H SOFT;Z 33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (ASHY+SANDY)DIAT MUD;C 10GY4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D MOD;O SMEAR AT 75CM 
DOM;U NO LITHIC CLASTS NOTED;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    8.15
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 650
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10GY4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE, 10G4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D MOD;
S PREDOM 10GY4/2, SEVERALBLOTCHY 10G4/2 PATCHES (PROB DIAT OOZE), 65-15/CM 
IS VOID;O SMEAR AT 40CM DOM;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.28/    8.40
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   30/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 KAL (SANDY) DIAT MUD;C 10GY4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D MOD;S 0-3 + 15-150CM IS 
VOID;H SOFT;Z 33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   151.00/  152.50
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   151.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
  OL DIAT-SPIC MUDSTONE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN,5GY2/1-GREENISH BLACK;
D 0-19 IS BRECCIA, HIGH AT19-150CM;S PREDOM 5GY3/2, UNIFORM LITH, 
INTENSELYCRUMBLED MUDSTONE PRODUCES SUBROUNDED CLASTS;U PATCH OF 5GY2/1 
VITRIC-SHARDS-RICH MUDSTONE AT21-26CM;O SMEARS AT: 25CM MINOR, 75CM DOM;H 
HARD;Z 33233000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   152.50/  154.00
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   151.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
  OL DIAT-SPIC MUDSTONE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;D BRECCIA;S UNIFORM 
LITH, INTENSELY CRUSHED BYDRILLING + SUBROUNDED MUDSTONE CLASTS PRODUCED;O 
SMEAR AT 75CM DOM;H HARD 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   154.00/  155.50
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   151.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
  OL DIAT-SPIC MUDSTONE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;D BRECCIA;S UNIFORM 
LITH, INTENSELY CRUSHED BYDRILLING + SUBROUNDED MUDSTONE CLASTS PRODUCED;O 
SMEAR AT 75CM DOM;H HARD 
 
 
Leg : 56    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   155.50/  156.78
Hole: 434A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   151.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1280
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
  OL DIAT-SPIC MUDSTONE;C 5GY3/2-GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;D BRECCIA;S UNIFORM 
LITH, INTENSELY CRUSHED BY DRILLING + SUBROUNDED MUDSTONE CLASTS PRODUCED, 
128-150CM IS GEOCHEM SAMPLE;O SMEAR AT 75CM DOM;H HARD

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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