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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    42.10/   43.60
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,5Y6/6-OLIVE YELLOW,
2.5YR6/6-LIGHT RED,2.5YR4/6-RED;D SOUPY;OCORE NOT SPLIT,WHITE OOZE WITH 
PIECES OF CHERT,GLASSY,BANDED IN OLIVE YELLOW,LIGHT RED AND RED;H SOUPY;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.60/   45.10
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2-WHITE;D SOUPY;O CORE NOT SPLIT;H SOUPY;
Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    45.10/   46.60
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,5YR4/6-YELLOWISH 
RED,-VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN,-VERY DARK BROWN,-BLACK;D VERY SOUPY;O CORE 
NOT SPLIT,WHITE CHALK OOZE WITH LARGE PIECES OF VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN TO 
VERY DARK BROWN TO BLACK CHERT UP TO 8 BY 4 CM IN SIZE,CHERT IS BANDED IN 
PLACES WITH LAYERS 1-2MM THICK OF YELLOWISH BROWN,CHERT IS GLASSY,IN LARGE 
PIECES WITH SUBANGULAR OUTLINE,A SMALLER ANGULAR PIECE IS YELLOWISH WITH 
MICROBANDING (FRACTION OF MM);H SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    46.60/   48.10
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN;D SOUPY;
O CORE NOT SPLIT,WHITE AND YELLOWISH BROWN CHALK OOZE WITH PIECES OF 
GLASSY,ANGULAR,YELLOWISH BROWN CHERT;H SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.10/   49.60
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C -WHITE;O CORE NOT SPLIT,A COLORED WATER-SEDIMENT 
SUSPENSION;H VERY WATERY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.60/   51.10
Hole:  50   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE;D SOUPY;O CORE NOT SPLIT;H SOUPY;
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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