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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.59/    1.50
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  590/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C N4-MEDIUM GRAY,5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY;U PEBBLES 60 CM AND 72 CM;
O SOME SCATTERED GRANULES AND RARE PEBBLES THROUGHOUT,WASHINGS OF GRAVEL 
AND FINE PEBBLES < 1 CM AT 59 CM,MEDIUM GRAY 59-85 CM,DARK GREENISH GRAY 
85-150 CM;D MODERATE;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY,5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S POOR SORTED 4-8 MM 
FINE TO MEDIUM SAND MOTTLES 25-150;U PEBBLES 2 CM AT 10 CM 35 CM,A 3 CM 
PEBBLE AT 24 CM;O DARK GREENISH GRAY 0-25 CM,OLIVE GRAY 25-150,RARE 
PEBBLES AND SCATTERED GRANULES;D MODERATE 0-25CM AND 125-140 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY,5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S PATCH OF MUDDY GRAVEL 
96-98 CM 130-133 CM;U 2 CM PEBBLES 35 CM 63 CM 65 CM,A 3 CM PEBBLE AT 53 
CM,PEBBLE 1 CM DIAMETER AT 80 CM AND 132 CM,A 4 CM PEBBLE AT 99 CM;O 
ERRATIC PEBBLES AND GRANULES 2 % OF SECTION MORE THAN IN OVERLYING CORES;D 
MODERATE 40-110 CM,SLIGHT 110-150 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY,N4-GRAY;O < 1 % PEBBLES AND GRANULES 0-60 CM,
PEBBLES AND GRANULES 5 % 60-150 CM,THE TWO COLORS MOTTLED ON SCALE MAINLY 
OF 10 CM;U PEBBLES 2 CM AT 30 CM 80 CM 90 CM,3 CM AT 66 CM 113 CM,4 CM AT 
107 CM,5 CM AT 70 CM AND 140 CM;D SLIGHT 0-57 CM AND 105-150 CM,MODERATE 
57-105 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C N4-MEDIUM GRAY,5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S ASH BEARING SANDY MUD LAYER 
RELATIVELY SHARP BASE AND TOP 22-24 CM,SEVERAL 5 MM MOTTLES FINE SAND 
32-33 CM,RARE SCATTERED 5 MM MOTTLES FINE SAND 50-70;O OLIVE GRAY MUD 
LAYERS 20-30 CM 45-48 CM 60-64 CM 90-100 CM 120-122 CM,SOME < 1 % ERRATIC 
PEBBLES AND GRANULES;U PEBBLES 1 CM AT 37 CM 91 CM AND 125 CM,2 CM AT 60 
CM AND98 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    9.00
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C N4-GRAY,5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S ABOUT 2 % 4-8 MMSAND MOTTLES,BED 50 % IS 
LARGE MOTTLES POORLY SORTED MEDIUM SILT 109-110 CM;O SCATTERED < 1 % 
GRANULES AND PEBBLES,OLIVE GRAY BANDS 22-48 CM 74-76 CM 109-112 CM;U 
PEBBLES 1 CM AT 57 CM 77 CM,A 2 CM PEBBLE AT88 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    50.10/   50.10
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    50.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;O LARGE PEBBLE FILLING CORE CATCHER A SMALL PEBBLE AND TRACE OF MUD;Z 
33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    59.70/   61.00
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    59.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 COARSE MUD;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY,N4-GRAY;S IMPERSISTENT VERY FINE SAND BEDS 
66-66.5 CM 69-69.5 CM,SMALL SAND MOTTLE 139 CM;O WASHINGS 20-55 CM,VOID 
103-123 CM,GRAY 148-151 CM,SOME SAND RARE GRANULES,GASSY;D INTENSE 32-55 
CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.40/   62.50
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    59.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 COARSE MUD;C N4-MEDIUM GRAY,5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S RARE SAND MOTTLES 1-5 MM 
48-55 CM;O MEDIUM GRAY 40-103CM,OLIVE GRAY 103-150 CM,PEBBLES AND GRANULES 
0-5 %;U PEBBLE 2 CM AT 56 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    97.60/   97.60
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    97.50
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD AND FINE SAND;O HALF A SMALL FREEZER BOX OF WELL SORTED FINE SAND;Z 
33214000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   107.10/  107.10
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   107.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;O ERRATIC PEBBLES < 3 CM;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 18    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   116.50/  116.68
Hole: 182   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   116.50
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 180
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C N4-MEDIUM GRAY;O MUD WITH 10 % ERRATIC GRANULES AND PEBBLES < 2 CM;
Z 33213000 
 
 
    

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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