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WDC MGG Seafloor Series Vol I

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   198.00/  198.45
Hole:  24   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   198.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 450
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDSTONE;S GRADED FROM SANDSTONE AT TOP TO MUDSTONE AT BOTTOM,CLAYSTONE 
INCLUSION AT BOTTOM;U MANGANESE NODULES;M GLAUCONITE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   207.00/  207.77
Hole:  24   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   207.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 770
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY SANDSTONE;C -GREY YELLOW GREEN;S SOME STREAKS DIPPING AT 30 DEG;M 
CALC.CARB,QUARTZ,FELDSPAR;P FORAM,NANNOS;O LOOSELY CEMENTED,FINE TO MEDIUM 
GRAINED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   226.50/  228.00
Hole:  24   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   225.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYSTONE;C 10YR5/3-BROWN,-GREY BLUE GREEN;S GREYBLUE GREEN MOTTLING 
0-123 CM,BROWN MOTTLING 123-150CM;M ZEOLITE CRYSTALS,QUARTZ <5%;O BROWN 
DOMINANT 0-123 CM,GREY BLUE GREEN DOMINANT 123-150 CM;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   228.00/  229.50
Hole:  24   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   225.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C -GREY BROWN,-BLUE GREEN,-GREY BLUE GREEN;SINTERBEDDING OF GREY 
BROWN AND BLUE GREEN CLAY TO CLAYSTONE 0-11 CM,GRADED CALCAREOUS BED 
(SILTY CLAYEYSANDSTONE TO SILTY SANDY CLAY) 11-20 CM,DIAPHRITIC MASSES OF 
CALCAREOUS CLAYEY SAND(PROBABLY IN THIN BEDS BEFORE DRILLING);M QUARTZ,
FELDSPAR,MICA,ZIRCON,TOURMALINE;P NANNOFOSSILS;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  4    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   229.50/  231.00
Hole:  24   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   225.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C -MEDIUM GREEN GREY,-LIGHT BROWN GREY;S MOTTLED THROUGHOUT;M QUARTZ,
FELDSPAR;O MEDIUM GREEN GREY DOMINANT 0-25 CM,COLORS EQUAL IN DISTRIBUTION 
25-45 CM,BROWN GREY DOMINANT 45-150 CM;H FIRM;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.