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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.30
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYSTONE DRILL CUTTINGS;S ROUNDCLAST CONGLOMERATE GRADED 3 CM BASE 3 MM 
AT TOP;O OPEN FRAMEWORK,CUTTING PILE OF 283 CORED DURING 283A;Z 33231000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.00/   12.50
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MICRONODULE RICH DET CLAY SILT;C 10YR5/4-MODERATEYELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;S MODERATE MOTTLING,MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN 
WITH MOTTLES TO DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D SOME DRILLING BRECCIA,MODERATE 
DEFORMATION;O ABOVE 86 CM CORE NARROWER AND MORE HOMOGENEOUS;H SOFT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.50/   14.00
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH 
BROWN,10YR6/6-DARK YELLOWISH ORANGE;S MODERATE MOTTLING MOTTLED DARK 
YELLOWISH BROWNAND DARK YELLOWISH ORANGE;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;O 
PREDOMINANTLY MODERATELY YELLOWISH BROWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.00/   15.50
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,-YELLOWISH ORANGE;D 0-115 
CM MODERATE DEFORMATION 115-150 CM DEFORMATION EXTREME;O 0-140 CM HIGHER 
PROPORTION YELLOWISH ORANGE,140-150 CM MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN 
SUBHOMOGENOUS;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.50/   17.00
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;S DARK MOTTLE AT 10 CM;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.00/   18.50
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 DET SILTY CLAY;C 10YR6/6-DARK YELLOWISH ORANGE,10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE;S 
0-50 CM AND 140-150 CM MOTTLED AS IN 2/2 (MODERATE MOTTLING);D INTENSE 
DEFORMATION;O 50-90 CM DARK YELLOWISH ORANGE,100-140CM GRAYISHORANGE,COLOR 
VARIATIONS IN DET SILTY CLAY;H SOFT;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 29    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.50/   20.00
Hole: 283A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY CLAY;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE,10YR8/4-LIGHT GRAYISH ORANGE,
10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN;D INTENSE MODERATE DEFORMATION;O 0-40 CM 
GRAYISH ORANGE,40-135 CM LIGHT GRAYISH ORANGE,135-140 CM MODERATE 
YELLOWISH BROWN; H FIRM;Z 00000000

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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