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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    22.90/   24.40
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOMACEOUS VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT BROWN GRAY,10YR4/1-DARK GRAY;S 
SCATTERED MOTTLES OF DIATOMACEOUS RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND OF 10YR4/1,
OTHERWISE VERY HOMOGENEOUS;H VERY SOUPY AT 35-65 CM AND 85 CM TO 100 CM;H 
SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 22110000.2220 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.40/   24.65
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 250
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT GRAYISH BROWN;H SOFT;Z 
00000000;Z 22110000.2220 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.65/   25.00
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  250/ 600
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/1-GRAY;HSOFT,FROM 25 CM TO 40 CM 
VERY SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.00/   25.20
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/ 800
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT GRAYISH BROWN,
10YR3/1-DARK GRAY;S IRREGULAR LAYER OFDARK GRAY MUD;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.20/   25.60
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1200
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C GRAY;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 22110000.2220 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.60/   25.90
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/2-LIGHT GRAYISH BROWN;H SOUPY;H 
SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.94/   26.13
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   40/ 230
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 BLACK MUD AND SILTY VOLCANIC MUD;C -BLACK,-GRAY,-LIGHT GRAY BROWN;S 
STREAKED OUT LAYERS OF THE TWO MUDS;H VERY SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 
33213000.3700 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    26.57/   27.02
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  670/1120
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOLCANIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR6/3-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN;HSOFT,VERY SOUPY;Z 
00000000;Z 33213000.3700 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    27.02/   27.40
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOLCANIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR6/3-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN;SVERTICAL STREAKS OF DARK 
GRAY MUD TOWARD BASE;H SOFT,VERY SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 33213000.3700 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    27.40/   28.90
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR6/3-PALE BROWN,10YR6/1-LIGHT 
GRAY,10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN;S MOTTLED AND DEFORMED LAMINAE OF THE 3 COLORS;D 
DISTURBED BY DRILLING;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    28.90/   29.40
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY VOLCANIC MUD;O AREA OF MUDDY VOLCANIC SAND BETWEEN 40 CM AND 50 CM;
C 10YR6/1-LIGHT GRAY,10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN,10YR3/3-VERY DARK GRAY;S DEFORMED 
LAYERSOF LIGHT GRAY AND GRAY BROWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    29.40/   29.95
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1050
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC MUD;C 10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN,10YR3/3-VERY 
DARK GRAY;S OCCASIONAL ARTIFICAL MOTTLES OF VERY DARK GRAY;H SOFT;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    29.95/   30.40
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY VOLCANIC MUD;C 10YR6/1-LIGHT GRAY,10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN;S DEFORMED 
LAYERS OF THE TWO COLORS;O 130-135 CM VOID;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 
33213000.3700 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    30.40/   31.30
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 900
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY VOLCANIC MUD;C 10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN;D BROKEN OFF METAL BLADES OF CORE 
CATCHER AT 60 CM;O UNIFORM COLOR;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.30/   31.83
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    22.90
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/1430
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY DIATOM RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC MUD;C 10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN,
10YR5/2-GRAY BROWN;S DISTURBED ANDARTIFICALLY MOTTLED MIXTURE OF THE 2 
COLORS;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   121.54/  122.20
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   120.70
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  840/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC MUD;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN,7.5YR4/2-DARK BROWN;D DRILLING BRECCIA;
S ELONGATED COHERENT DUSTS OOF DARK BROWN ZEOLITIC MUD IN MATRIX OF SOFTER 
LESS COHERENT ZEOLITIC MUD;H VERY SOUPY FROM 84 CM TO 105 CM;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   122.20/  123.50
Hole:  51A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   120.70
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 7.5YR3/2-DARK BROWN,7.5YR4/2,10YR3/1-VERY DARK GRAY;S FEW 
MOTTLES OF 7.5YR4/2;O MOSTLY 7.5YR4/2 FROM 80 CM TO 130 CM WITH 10YR3/1 
FROM 50 CM TO 100 CM TOO;H COMPACT CLAY;O 130-150 CM DAMAGED;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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