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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   168.30/  168.80
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   168.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 800
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREEN GRAY, 5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE;D 
VERY DEFORMED, DRILLING BRECCIA, GRITTY DEFORMATIONS;O SILT RICH CLAY, 
VOID TO 30CM;H SOFT;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   168.80/  169.50
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   168.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  800/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND BEARING SILT RICH CLAY;C 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE, 5GY4/1-DARK GREEN 
GRAY;D BRECCIA AT 110CM;O VOID FROM 127 TO 135CM;H SOFT;Z 33212000 
 
 
Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   177.00/  178.50
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   177.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 0000/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5YR4/4-MODERATE BROWN, 10Y4/2-GRAYISH OLIVE, 5GY6/1-GREENISH GRAY,
-LIGHT MEDIUM GRAY;D SOUPY;OPOSSIBLE CORAL FRAGMENTS, FORAM FRAGMENTS, 
SHELL FRAGMENTS, GRAY ROUNDED BASALT FRAGMENTS FROM 135 TO 145CM, VERY 
COARSE SAND GOES TO MEDIUM SAND THROUGHOUT CORE, CLAY GLOBS THROUGHOUT;H 
SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   186.95/  187.05
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   186.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  950/1050
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY OOZE;C 5Y6/4-DUSKY YELLOW;O VOID TO 95CM;Z 11111210.3450 
 
 
Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   187.05/  187.22
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   186.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1220
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR5/Y-MODERATE YELLOW BROWN, 10YR6/6-DARK YELLOW ORANGE;D 
DEFORMED;O COLOR CHANGE FROMMODERATE YELLOW BROWN TO DARK YELLOW ORANGE 
OCCURS AT 120CM, CLAY IS OBSERVED WITH FORAM SILT BEARING OOZE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 25    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   187.22/  187.50
Hole: 240A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   186.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1220/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 COARSE SAND;C -GRAY,-MODERATE GRAY;H SOFT;Z 00000000

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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced 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, and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder. Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Please see the NGDC privacy, disclaimer, and copyright notices.