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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   383.00/  383.19
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   383.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 190
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;C 10YR4/3-YELLOW BROWN,10YR4/2-DK YELLOW BROWN;S FINELY BUT 
OBSCURELY LAMINATED NEAR BASE;O CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE;H HARD;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   383.19/  383.30
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   383.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  190/ 300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMESTONE;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE;S GRADED BASALCONTACT;O SILICEOUS 
CHERTY APHANITIC;H HARD;Z 12130000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   383.30/  383.50
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   383.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CALCAREOUS RADIOLARIAN SILTSTONE;S LAMINATED WITH20 DEGREE DIP,SOME SMALL 
PATCHES CUT BEDDING AND APPEAR TO BE BURROWS;H HARD;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH 
ORANGE,-LT GRAYISH ORANGE;Z 33235000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   383.50/  384.16
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   383.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1160
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;H HARD;C 10YR4/2-DK YELLOW BROWN,10YR6/2-PALE YELLOW BROWN,
5YR4/6-YELLOWISH RED;S 50-75 CM DK YELLOW BROWN HOMOGENEOUS,80-90 CM PALE 
YELLOW BROWN WITH RETICULATE VEINS OF OPALESCENT SILICA,90-116 CM PALE 
YELLOW BROWN GRADING TO YELLOWISH RED HOMOGENEOUS,BEDDED SEQUENCE IS 
CHIEFLY RADS BUT INTERVALS OF CARBONATE DEPOSITION IN LAMINATED ZONES;O 
SOMEWHAT GRANULAR;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   384.00/  384.24
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   384.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 240
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILICEOUS TO CHERTY CLAYSTONE;C 5YR5/6-REDDISH BROWN,5YR6/4,10YR7/3-VERY 
PALE BROWN;H HARD;O SUBCONCHOIDAL FRACTURE;Z 33231000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   384.24/  384.28
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   384.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  240/ 280
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H HARD;C 10YR5/4-YELLOW BROWN;O CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE LIKE CHERT OR 
SHALE BUT BREAKS INTO ANGULAR FRAGS WHEN WET;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   384.28/  385.13
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   384.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  280/1130
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;H HARD;C 10YR5/2-YELLOWISH BROWN,2.5YR5/6-OLIVE BROWN,
10YR5/6-YELLOWISH BROWN;O FRACTURED AND RECEMENTED WITH CLEAR DRUSY QTZ 
(OPAL?) AT 50 AND 70 CM;S SILTY LAMINAE AT 93 CM WITH HORIZONTAL FRACTURE,
MOSTLY YELLOWISH BROWN WITH MORE OLIVE BROWN 100-113 CM WHERE FRAGMENTED;O 
AREAS OF FRAGMENTED OLIVE BROWN LOOK LIKE DIAGENESIS OF FRAGMENTAL LAYERS 
-PROBABLY VOLCANIC CLAYS?,MOST OF THE CHERT AND MUDSTONE LAMINAE IS FROM 
RAD OOZE WITH RADS STILL VISIBLE UNDER MICROSCOPE;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   385.50/  386.80
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   385.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;H HARD;C 2.5YR3/4-DK REDDISH BROWN,2.5YR3/2-DUSKY RED,
10R2/1-REDDISH BLACK,10R2/2-VERY DUSKY RED;S DIPPING 10 DEGREE BEDS AROUND 
35 CM,ASH LAYERS 54-55/118-119 CM;O SUBCONCHOIDAL FRACTURE;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   387.10/  387.10
Hole:  70B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   387.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;O VITREOUS,CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YEL BROWN,10YR2/2,
5YR6/4-LT BRN,10YR6/2-PALE YELLOW BROWN;S AREAS IN SOME PLACES GRADE INTO 
THE CHERT IN OTHERS ARE SHARPLY BOUNDED BY FRACTURE LINES INTHE CHERT;O 
LARGE DRUSY QTZ ENCRUSTED OPEN FRACTURE;Z 21130000 
 
 
    

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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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