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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.01
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  10
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOFT;Z 33212000;C GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.01
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  10
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOFT;Z 33212000;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.50/   11.00
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.00/   12.50
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U PEBBLES 
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.50/   14.00
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.00/   15.50
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.50/   17.00
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.00/   17.85
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND;H SOUPY;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.10/   19.06
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  60
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;H SOFT;C BLACK;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.07/   19.10
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/ 100
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY SAND;H SOFT;C BLACK;D GREATLY DISTURBED;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    28.50/   30.00
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY SAND;H SOFT;C OLIVE GRAY;P PLANT DEBRIS;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    30.00/   31.50
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 GRADED SAND;H SOFT;C DARK GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.50/   31.60
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 100
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY CLAY;H SOFT;C BLACK;P PLANT DEBRIS;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.77/   31.77
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 100
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY AND CLAY;H SOFT;Z 33211000;C DARK GRAY;P PLANT DEBRIS;D GREATLY 
DISTURBED;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.78/   31.82
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  110/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H SOFT;Z 33211000;C DARK GRAY;P PLANT DEBRIS;D GREATLY DISTURBED;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.83/   31.87
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  160/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND AND CLAY;H SOFT;Z 33211000;C DARK GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    33.00/   34.50
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    33.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;H SOFT;Z 33214000;C OLIVE GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    34.50/   36.00
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    33.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;H SOFT;Z 33214000;C OLIVE GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    36.00/   37.50
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    33.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;H SOFT;Z 33214000;C OLIVE GRAY;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    37.50/   37.96
Hole: 486   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    33.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 460
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;H SOFT;Z 33214000;C OLIVE GRAY;S  ;U

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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