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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) :     7.50/    9.00
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10R8/2-GRAY ORANGE PINK,
5YR8/2-PINKISH WHITE,10YR7/4;S MODERATE UNCERTAIN GRAY ORANGE PINK MOTTLES 
FROM 0-20 CM,SLIGHT UNCERTAIN MOTTLES OF 10YR7/4 FROM 20-71 CM,MODERATE 
UNCERTAIN MOTTLES OF PINKISH WHITE AND VERY PALE BROWN FROM 71-111 CM,
SHARP HORIZONTAL BASALT CONTACTS AT 71 AND 111 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.00/   48.50
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N8-WHITE,-BLACK;S SLIGHTUNCERTAIN BLACK MOTTLES 
AND MANGANESE DUST SPOTS;O UNIFORM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.50/   50.00
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N8-WHITE;O UNIFORM;M SCATTERED SPOTS OF 
MANGANESE DUST;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    50.00/   51.50
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N7.5-WHITE,-LIGHT GRAY;MSCATTERED MANGANESE DUST;
O UNIFORM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    54.50/   56.00
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N8-WHITE;M SCATTERED MANGANESE DUST;O UNIFORM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   112.40/  113.90
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   104.60
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 5YR8/1-PINKISH GRAY;M MINOR MANGANESE DUST;O 
UNIFORM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   133.30/  134.80
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   133.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BRAARMDISPHAERA MAXWELL CHALK;C N8-WHITE;D DISTURBED BY CORING;O 60% OF 
CORE LOST IN SPLITTING;S SHARP HORIZONTAL BASALT CONTACT AT 120 CM;H SOUPY 
INTERVALS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   134.80/  136.30
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   133.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N8-VERY LIGHT GRAY,N7.5-LIGHT TO VERY LIGHT GRAY,
N2-GRAY BLACK;S MODERATE UNCERTAIN MOTTLES FROM 100-108 CM,SHARP 
HORIZONTAL BASALT CONTACT AT 48 CM;M GRAY BLACK MANGANESE DUST LAYER AT 48 
CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   137.80/  139.30
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   133.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 5Y7/1-LIGHT GRAY,N8-WHITE,5Y8/1-WHITE,
5Y5/2-OLIVE GRAY,-BLACK;S GRADATIONAL UNCERTAIN OLIVE AND BLACK MOTTLES 
FROM 85-103 CM,WHITE LAYERING FROM 57-61 CM,SHARP HORIZONTAL BASALT 
CONTACTS AT 40 AND 57 AND 61 CM,CHERT FROM 57-61CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   139.30/  140.80
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   133.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N8,5Y8/2,2.5Y7.5/2;S MODERATE BLACK MOTTLES;M 
MANGANESE BLACK DUST;O CHERT FRAGS AT 75 CM,GRADATIONAL COLOR BOUNDARIES;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   140.80/  142.30
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   133.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 5Y7.5/1-LIGHT GRAY TO WHITE,-BLACK;S BLACK 
MANGANESE DUST LAYERS OF 2 MM EACH AT 24 AND 27 AND 29 CM AND OF 3-5 MM AT 
116 AND 118 CM;H HARDER LAYER AT 113 CM WITH MANGANESE BONDS;MMANGANESE;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   234.20/  235.70
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   234.20
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK;C N7-VERY PALE GRAY,N7.5,N5-MEDIUM GRAY,N6-MEDIUM LIGHT GRAY;
S MEDIUM GRAY GREAT BURROWEDMOTTLES FROM 39-50 CM,MEDIUM LIGHT GRAY LAYERS 
OF 10 MM FROM 16-17 CM;H HARD NANNO CHALK OOZE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   235.70/  237.20
Hole:  22   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   234.20
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C N7-LIGHT GRAY,N8-VERY LIGHT GRAY,N5-MEDIUM GRAY,
N3-DARK GRAY;S MEDIUM GRAY HORIZONTAL BURROWS AT 26 AND 29 AND 32 AND 39 
AND 41 AND 4446 AND 49 CM,DARK GRAY LAYER FROM 72-73 CM OF 10 MM,FINE 
MEDIUM GRAY LAMINAE AT 117 AND 141 CM SEEM TO BE OLD SURFACES OR SOLUTION 
FEATURES-BURROWS END AT (OR IN) THEM-SAME IS TRUE OF DARK GRAY LAYER AT 
72-73 CM,WELL BURROWED WITH VERY LIGHT GRAY FILLING FROM49-150 CM,MEDIUM 
GRAY GREAT BURROWED MOTTLES FROM 0-21 CM,VERY LIGHT GRAY MODERATE BURROWED 
MOTTLES FROM 21-150,SHARP HORIZONTAL BASALT CONTACT AT 65CM;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.