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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   164.10/  164.10
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   164.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE;C 5Y6/4-DUSKY YELLOW,N6-MEDIUM LIGHT GRAY,
N4-MEDIUM GRAY;S CORE SECTION CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF 3 SMALL (5-10 CM) 
COBBLES (2 LIMESTONE AND 1 GRAYWACHE SANDSTONE);S DARK LAMINAE ON 
SOMEFACES OF 1 LIMESTONE COBBLE;U 1-2 MM FECAL PELLETS ON A LIMESTONE 
COBBLE;M 1 LIMESTONE SMEAR SLIDE SHOWS ALMOST ALL CALCITE,MEDIUM-COARSE 
GRAINED QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR VISIBLE ON CUT SURFACE OF SANDSTONE COBBLE;O 
SANDSTONE IS GRAY,LIMESTONE YELLOW OR GRAY;H NO SOFT SEDIMENT RECOVERED IN 
CATCHER OR LINER;Z 12130000 
 
 
Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   173.00/  174.50
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM BEARING SILTY CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISHGRAY,5G2/1-GREENISH BLACK,
-LIGHT BLUISH GRAY;S BANDS (1-3 CM THICK) OF GREENISH BLACK FELDSPAR 
PYROXENEVOLCANIC SANDS AT 97 AND 141 CM WITH SHARP TO GRADATIONAL 
BOUNDARIES (1-3 MM),LIGHT BLUISH GRAY VITRICVOLCANIC ASH POD 145-147 CM 
(TOO DISTURBED TO SEE CONTACTS);D DISTURBED MODERATELY;Z 33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   174.65/  176.00
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM BEARING SILTY CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISHGRAY,5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,
5G2/1-GREENISH BLACK;S ZONES OF OLIVE GRAY DIATOM RICH SILTY CLAY AND OF 
DARK GREENISH GRAY AND OF GREENISH BLACK FELDSPAR PYROXENEVOLCANIC SANDS 
WITH 1CM BOUNDARIES ARE SCATTERED;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;O VOID 0-15 CM 
AND 116-122 CM;Z 33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   267.40/  268.50
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   267.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM SILTY CLAY;C 5Y4/1-DARK GRAY;S BLACK STREAKS (IRON OR ORGANIC?) AT 
LESS THAN 5-10 DEGREES TOHORIZONTAL;D CORE FRACTURED AND GROUND UP BY 
DRILLING;M BLACK IRON OR ORGANIC? STREAKS;O VOID 0-40 CM;HBRITTLE;Z 
33213000.2220 
 
 
Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   361.50/  362.50
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   361.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM SILTY CLAY;C 5Y3/1-VERY DARK,-YELLOWISH;DVERY DISTURBED;U BLEB OF 
LARGE MEDIUM SAND YELLOWISH CALCITE GRAINS AT 112 CM;M CALCITE BLEB 112 CM;
O VOID 0-50 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 19    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   362.58/  364.00
Hole: 187   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   361.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 DIATOM SILTY CLAY;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY,5YR2/1-BLACK;S BLACK VOLCANIC SAND 
BEDS 1-2 CM THICK;D INTENSEDEFORMATION;O VOID 0-8 CM AND 110-115 CM;Z 
33213000.2220 
 
 
    

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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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