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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    50.90/   52.40
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN,
2.5Y6/0-LIGHT GRAY,10YR8/2-WHITE;S SCATTERED LUMPS AND MOTTLES;D MODERATE 
DEFORMATION;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    52.40/   53.90
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR6/6-BROWNISH YELLOW ,2.5!7/0-LIGHT GRAY,
2.5Y7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR7/1-LIGHT GRAY,10YR8/2-WHITE;S ALL COLORS BUT 
WHITE APPEAR IN PATCHES;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    53.90/   55.40
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,2.5Y7/0,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN,
10YR8/4-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR5/3-BROWN;S MOTTLED MIXTURE OF COLOR;D 
MODERATE DEFORMATION;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    55.40/   56.90
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR6/3-VERY PALE BROWN;S MOTTLES IN BROWNS;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    56.90/   58.40
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,10YR6/3-PALE BROWN,10YR7/2-LIGHT 
GRAY,2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW,10YR4/2-DARK GRAYISH BROWN;S MOTTLES OF ALL 
COLORS BUTWHITE SOME OF WHICH COULD BE BURROWS;D HIGHLY DISTURBED;O BROWN 
OOZE FROM 135-150 CM;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    58.40/   59.90
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2-YELLOWISH WHITE,10YR8/1-WHITE,
10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN;S MOTTLES OF WHITE AND BROWN;D HIGHLY 
DEFORMED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    60.75/   61.50
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  750/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE;O EMPTY 0-75 CM;H VERY SLOPPY;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.50/   63.00
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;S HOMOGENEOUS;D DISTURBED;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    63.00/   64.50
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O SECTION NOT OPENED;H 
VERY SLOPPY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    64.50/   66.00
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,2.5YN8-WHITE;D INTENSE 
DEFORMATION;U FEW ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF HARD BROWN GLASSY CHERT;M PIECES OF 
AUTHIGENIC CALCITE VEIN AT 130 CM;O MOSTLY 10YR8/2;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    66.00/   67.50
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 2.5YN8-WHITE,10YR8/2-WHITE;S BEDDING WHICH WAS 
BROKEN BY DRILL;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;U FRAGMENTS OF CALCITE VEIN 2 MM 
THICK FORMS FLAT PLATE AND IS PROBABLY BROKEN UP PARALLEL BEDDING;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    67.50/   69.00
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOFOSSIL CHALK;C 2.5YN8-WHITE,10YR8/2-WHITE;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;M 
PIECE OF CALCITE VEIN 10 MM THICK AND 5 CM ACROSS AT 23 CM;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    70.15/   70.70
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    69.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  950/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;D HIGHLYDEFORMED;O EMPTY 0-95 CM 
EXCEPT FOR TWO 2-CM MASSESAT 85-95 CM;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    70.70/   72.20
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    69.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 5Y8/2-WHITE;D HIGHLY DISTURBED;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    72.20/   73.70
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    69.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2-WHITE;D HIGHLYDISTURBED,50-60 CM 
CONTAMINATED WITH DRILLING OIL;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    73.70/   75.20
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    69.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2-WHITE;D HIGHLY DISTURBED;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    75.20/   76.70
Hole:  48B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    69.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;O SAME AS 3-4 HOLE B;Z 00000000;Z 00000000

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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