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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/2;D DISTURBED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   122.50/  124.00
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   121.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR5.5/6-YELLOW BROWN,10YR7/4;D DISTURBED;S SLIGHT 
MOTTLING (10YR7/4);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   142.70/  144.20
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   141.20
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE; C 10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOW BROWN, 10YR8/3,10YR6/1,-WHITE,
-GRAY;S MODERATE WHITE AND GRAY MOTTLING 12-30 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   154.80/  156.30
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   150.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR8/3;S SLIGHT MOTTLING 
(10YR8/3);O HOMOGENEOUS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   161.30/  162.80
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   159.80
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR8/2,10YR6/1;D DISTURBED;S 
SLIGHT MOTTLING (10YR8/2 AND10YR6/1) 10-65 AND 124-126 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   168.90/  170.40
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   168.90
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR8/2;S BURROWING AND 
MOTTLING SIGHT (10YR8/2);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   176.40/  177.90
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   168.90
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN;H FIRM,THIS SECTION 
CONSIDERABLY FIRMER AT THE BOTTOM THANAT THE TOP;O THE BOTTOM SAMPLE IS 
ALMOST A FRIABLE "SHALE" PROBABLY LITHIFICATION IS RELAED TO THE 
EMPLACEMENT OF BASALT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   178.10/  178.60
Hole:  18   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   178.10
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BASALT;C 5Y6/3-PALE OLIVE;S THE FRACTURES DIP STEEPLY (SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR 
EXTENSIONAL SHEAR FRACTURES);O BLACK GLASSY CHILLED BOARDERS ARE PRESENT 
AROUNDTHE ZENOLITHS, WEATHERED PALE OLIVE APHANITIC BASALT WITH FRACTURES 
FILLED BY METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTS (NOW COMPLETELY CRYSTALLIZED 
TO MARBLE);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.