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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.36/    0.66
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE;H SOFT;Z 11111210.2210 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.66/    0.98
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 620
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD DIATOM FORAM NANNO OOZE;C -GRAYISH ORANGE; H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.98/    1.21
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  620/ 850
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE; H SOFT; S SHARP BASAL CONTACT 
ONLY SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.21/    1.46
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/1100
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD DIATOM FORAM NANNO OOZE; C -GRAYISH ORANGE; HSOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.46/    1.86
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD FORAM NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE; H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.86/    3.36
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE, -GRAYISH ORANGE; S GENERALLY 
MASSIVE, APPEARS TO BE LAMINATED NEAR THE TOP IN  5 TO 10 MM LAMINATIONS 
OF VERY PALE ORANGE TO GRAYISH ORANGE; D PROBABLY DISTURBED AT BASE, 
UNDISTURBED IN UPPER 30 CM; H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.36/    4.86
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE; C -PALE ORANGE, -GRAYISH ORANGE,-BLACK; U BLACK 
OBJECTS LESS THAN 1 MM WHICH APPEAR AS EITHER MICRO MN NODULES OR WITH 
DARK CLAY SPECKS; H SOFT; S SUGGESTION OF PALE ORANGE TO GRAYISHORANGE 
LAMINATIONS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.86/    6.36
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE; C -PALE ORANGE, -GRAY ORANGE; S SUGGESTION OF 
LAMINATIONS; U BLACK STREAKS OF VERY FINE GRAINS THAT MIGHT BE MICRO MN 
NODULES OR A BLACK MICA; C -BLACK; M MICA; H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.36/    7.86
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE, -GRAY ORANGE; O NO OBVIOUS 
BEDDING, VERY PALE ORANGE TO GRAY ORANGE; H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  9    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.86/    9.36
Hole:  77A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM RAD NANNO OOZE; C -VERY PALE ORANGE; H SOFT;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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