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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   114.00/  115.50
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM OOZE,ZEOLITIC CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR3/3-DARK AND BROWN;S MATRIX SLOPPY AND DARK BROWN;U FRAGMENTS OF 
7.5YR3/2 AND 10YR5/4;D BRECCIA ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED BY DRILLING INTENSELY 
DEFORMED;Z 00000000;Z 21112220 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   115.50/  117.00
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM SILT WITH VOLCANIC GLASS AND RADIOLARIANS;C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN,
10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,2.5Y5/2-GRAYISH BROWN,7.5YR5/4-DARK BROWN;S MATRIX 
OF 10YR3/3; U FRAGMENTS OF THE MOST COMMON 7-5 YR5/4 AND LESS COMMON 
2.5Y5/2;D BRECCIA CAUSED BY DRILLING,INTENSELY DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000;
Z 33215000.2220 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   117.00/  118.50
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC CLAY,DIATOM SILT WITH RADIOLARIANS AND GLASS;C 10YR3/3-DARK 
BROWN,7.5YR5/4-DARK BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN;S CLAY MATRIX OF 10YR3/3;
U FRAGMENTS 7.5YR5/4.AND 10YR5/4;D DRILLING BRECCIA,INTENSELYDEFORMED;H 
SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 31210000.3350 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   118.50/  120.00
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   0 /150 
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC CLAY;C 7.5YR5/4-DARK BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR3/3-DARK 
BROWN;U CONSOLIDATED FRAGMENTS OF 7.54R5/4 AND 10YR5/4;S 10YR3/3 SLOPPY 
CLAY MATRIX;D DRILLING BRECCIA,INTENSELY DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 
31210000.3350 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   120.00/  121.50
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   0 /150 
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 BROWN ZEOLITE MUD;C 10YR3/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN,
7.5YR6/6-REDDISH YELLOW;S SCATTERED MOTTLES OF 7.5YR6/6,MATRIX OF 
INCOHERENT 10YR3/4 ZEOLITE MUD;D DRILLING BRECCIA FROM 0 TO 120 CM;U 
ANGULAR CHIPS OF 10YR3/4;H FIRM AND COHERENT MUD FROM 120 TO 150 CM;Z 
00000000;Z 31210000.3350 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   121.50/  122.50
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   0 /100 
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 BROWN MUD;C 7.5YR73/2-DARK BROWN;O VERY HOMOGENOUS;H VERY FIRM AND 
COMPACT MUD;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   122.50/  123.00
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 100 /150 
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOLCANIC SAND;S MOTTLES AND SCATTERED GRAINS OF VOLCONIC SAND;O BROWN 
CLAY AT 145 CM;C -BROWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   123.10/  123.10
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   114.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;O WASHED RESIDUE FROM BROWN CLAY;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   123.70/  124.00
Hole:  51   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   123.70
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   0 / 30 
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BROWN MUD COATING CHERT FRAGMENTS;C 5RP4/2-GRAYISH RED PURPLE,5RP6/2-PALE 
RED PURPLE,2.5Y8/2-WHITE,10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN;S MOTTLING BETWEEN SRP4/2 
AND 5RP6/2;H CHERT IS VERY HARD;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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