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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    23.00/   24.50
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 10YR8/2;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED;H SOUPY;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.50/   26.00
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED;H SOUPY;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    26.10/   26.10
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2;S MOTTLES;O A FEW SPECKS, 
FRAGMENTS;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    32.50/   34.00
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.50
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y7.5/2;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED;H 
SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    34.00/   35.50
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.50
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 2.5Y8/2,10YR8/3;S SLIGHT MOTTLING 75 
TO 95 CM;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED;U 2.5Y8/2 CHANGES TO 10YR8/3 BETWEEN 75 
AND 98 CM;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    35.60/   35.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.50
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 10YR7/3,10YR8/4;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    42.00/   43.50
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 10YR5/3,10YR5/2;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED;
U A FEW DARK 10YR5/2 STREAKS BETWEEN 120 AND 150 CM;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.60/   43.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON FORAMINIFERAL OOZE;C 10YR5/4;U MOSTLY BLACK SPECKS;H SOUPY;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    51.60/   51.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    51.50
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAMINIFERA;U WET SAND WITH SHELL AND FLINT (CHERT) FRAGMENTS;H SOFT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.10/   61.10
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    61.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;M QUARTZ;O THICK GRIT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.10/   61.15
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    61.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT;C -YELLOW,2.5Y6/8,2.5Y5.5/2;S MOTTLES OF 2.5Y5.5/2;H FIRM;Z 33215000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    70.60/   70.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    70.50
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CHERT;C -BLACK,-WHITE;U 6 CM ROLL FRAGMENT OF CHERT;M PYRITE CRYSTALS;O 
CRISTABOLITE VEINS IN CHERT CONTAIN PYRITE CRYSTALS;Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    80.10/   81.50
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    80.00
Core:   9   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 GREY LIMESTONE,CALCITE;C -GREY;S BANDS OF CALCITE,LENSES,RECTANGLES AND 
RHOMBS OF SILICIFIED LAMELLIBRANCH PLATES,GREEN GLAUCONITE SMEARS FROM 105 
TO 110CM;M CALCITE,GLAUCONITE;O GLAUCONITE IN CREVICES,GREY LIMESTONE DIPS 
APPROXIMATELY 30DEG AT 115 CM, CALCITE AND SILICIFIED LAMELLIBRANCH FOUND 
AROUND 125 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    81.60/   81.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    80.00
Core:   9   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMESTONE;C -GREY;S CALCITE VEINS ALONG BEDDING PLANES AT 45CM,SILICIFIED 
INOCERAMOUS PLATES AT 50 CM;M CALCITE;P CALCITE FOSSILS AT 45 CM;O GREY 
LIMESTONE DIPPING ABOUT 20 DEG AT 40 CM;Z 12130000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    89.50/   91.00
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    89.50
Core:  10   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BLACK CHERT,GREY LIMESTONE;C -BLACK,-GREY;S BLACKCHERT FRAGMENT WITH 
CHALCEDONY PEBBLES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 CM, LIMESTONE DIP OF 35DEG CONTAINING 
CALCITE BANDS AND GLAUCONITE SMEARS BETWEEN 45 AND 55DEG, ALTERNATING 
LAYERS OF CHERT AND LIMESTONE, LIMESTONE AT 45 TO 70 CM,80 TO 100 CM, 105 
TO 130 CM,CHERT AREAS: 0 TO 45 CM, 70 TO 80 CM, 100 TO 107 CM, LIMESTONEON 
CHERT CONTACT AT 0 CM, 70 CM, 100 CM, CHERT ON LIMESTONE CONTACT AT 80 CM;
Z 21130000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    91.10/   91.10
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    89.50
Core:  10   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 GREY LIMESTONE,CALCITE;C -GREY;S CALCITE VEINS;M CALCITE;O THREE 
FRAGMENTS GREY LIMESTONE;Z 12130000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.00/  100.50
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:  11   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 GREY LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE BANDS AND GLAUCONITE SMEARS;C -GREY,-GREEN;S 
CALCITE BANDS AND GREEN GLAUCONITE SMEARS, LIMESTONE DIP OF 20DEG AT 50 CM;
M CALCITE,GLAUCONITE;O CALCITE CRYSTALS AT 40 CM, CALCITEBANDS AND 
GLAUCONITE SMEARS IN GREY LIMESTONE BETWEEN 35 AND 50 CM,DARK STREAKS;Z 
12130000 
 
 
Leg : 26    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   100.60/  100.60
Hole: 255   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:  11   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):     /    
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 GREY LIMESTONE WITH CALCITE BANDS AND GLAUCONITE SMEARS;C -GREY,-GREEN;S 
CALCITE BANDS AND GLAUCONITESMEARS;Z 12130000 
 
 
    

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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