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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   279.02/  279.80
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   278.30
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  720/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY SPICULITE MUD; C 5Y6/2-LIGHT OLIVE GRAY, 5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY, 
5Y4/3-OLIVE, 2.5YR6/4-LIGHT REDDISH BROWN; S MEDIUM MOTTLING 83-150 CM; D 
72-83 CM DISTURBED;H SOFT;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   279.80/  281.30
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   278.30
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 10GY6/2-GRAYISH GREEN, 10GY6.5/2-GRAYISH GREEN, 5YR6/2-PALE 
ORANGE BROWN,-IN GRAY; S MOTTLINGIN THIS SECTION TENDS TO BE PARALLEL OR 
SLOPING DOWNWARD FROM THE CENTER OF THE CORE TO THE SIDES-DEGREE OF 
MOTTLING GREAT-THIS SUGGESTS THAT IT IS ARTIFICAILLY DISTURBED-POSSIBLY 
SOME PLASTIC FLOWAGE INTO CORE; D POSSIBLE PLASTIC FLOWAGE INTO CORE;H 
SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   287.80/  287.96
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   287.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 160
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT; C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN, 2.5YR4/2-WEAK RED,5Y5/3-OLIVE;S TWO PIECES 
0-7 AND 7-16 CM, MOTTLING IN LOWER PIECE GREAT-OLIVE COLORED;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   287.96/  288.11
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   287.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  160/ 310
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY; C 10Y6/2-PALE OLIVE, 2.5YR4/2-WEAK RED; S GREAT MOTTLING WEAK RED 
IN COLOR, THREE CHIPS 16-20 CM, ONE PIECE 20-31 CM;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   288.11/  288.24
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   287.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  310/ 440
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT, CLAY; C 2.5YR4/2-WEAK RED, 10Y6/2-PALE OLIVE; S GRADES FROM CHERT 
AT TOP TO CLAY AT BOTTOM, 1 PIECE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   288.24/  288.32
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   287.80
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  440/ 520
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT; C 5GY5/2-DUSTY YELLOW GREEN;S TWO PIECES;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg :  2    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   295.40/  296.03
Hole:   8A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   295.40
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 630
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT; C 10YR4/2-DARK YELLOW BROWN,10Y4/2-GRAY OLIVE, 10Y8/2-PALE 
GREENISH,-BROWN,-GREEN; S FRAGMENTS0-20 AND 30-50 CM, YELLOW BROWN MASSIVE 
WITH VERY FAINT BEDDING 20-30 CM, GRAY-OLIVE MASSIVE CHERT WITHDARKER 
BANDS AT DIP OF 30 DEGREES GRADES INTO PALE GREENISH FINE-GRAINED SANDY ? 
MUDSTONE, FRAGMENTS OFNON-CHERTY SILTY MUDSTONE 30-50 CM; O FRAGMENTS OF 
THREE MAJOR COLOR TYPES OF CHERT ARE FOUND;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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