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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.70/    1.25
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/1250
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM OOZE;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR4/2-DARK GREY BROWN,
10YR6/3-PALE BROWN;D ALL INTENSELY DEFORMED,PLASTIC SOCK JAMMED 107-120 CM;
O VOID 0-70 CM,VERY PALE BROWN WITH THIN DEFORMED LAYERS OF DARK GREY 
BROWN 70-107 CM,PALE BROWN 120-125CM;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.25/    1.50
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1250/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO MARL OOZE;C 10YR8/2-WHITE,10YR6/3-PALE BROWN,10YR4/3-DARK BROWN;S 
LAYERS AND MOTTLES OF DARK BROWN 128-150 CM,WHITE CHALK OOZE LAYER 125-127 
CM;D ALL INTENSELY DEFORMED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    1.70
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD AND ZEOLITE CLAY;C 10YR4/4 DARK YELLOW BROWN,10YR6/4-PALE BROWN;S 
PALE BROWN MOTTLING;D DEFORMATION QUESTIONABLE;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.70/    1.95
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/ 450
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CARBONATE OOZE;C 10YR6/3-PALE BROWN,10YR8/2-WHITE;S WHITE MOTTLES;D 
DEFORMATION QUESTIONABLE;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.95/    3.00
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CHALK OOZE,CARBONATE OOZE;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR5/3-BROWN,
10YR6/3-PALE BROWN;S CARBONATE OOZE BEDS 60-65 AND 95-110 AND 143-150 CM;D 
DEFORMATION QUESTIONABLE;O VERY PALE BROWN DOMINANT,BROWN 60-65 CM,PALE 
BROWN 95-110 AND 143-150 CM;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.67
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 670
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE;C 10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN;H VERY SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.67/    4.50
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  670/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY SKELETAL SILT;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN;H VERY SOUPY;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.60/    4.60
Hole:  58A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE,FORAM SAND;C 10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN;O A MIXTURE OF 
LITHOLOGIES;Z 00000000;Z 11111210 
 
 
    

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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