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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.00/    6.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING "RED" CLAY;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOW BROWN;D DEFORMED;S 
40-50 CM COARSE LAYER WITH BLACK STREAKS;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.50/    8.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING "RED" CLAY;C 10YR6/4-YELLOW BROWN,10YR7/4-GRAY ORANGE;D 
DEFORMED;S GRAY ORANGE MOTTLING FROM 60 CM HORIZONTAL CONTACT TO 77-85 CM 
IRREGULAR SHARP CONTACT;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.00/    9.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING "RED" CLAY;C 10YR4/2-DK YELLOWISHBROWN,10YR5/4-MODERATE 
YELLOWISH BROWN;D DEFORMED;S0-40 AND 100-150 CM DK YELLOWISH BROWN,40-100 
CM MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.50/   11.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     2.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR2/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR4/2-DK 
YELLOWISH BROWN;S DK YELLOWISH BROWN 0-50 CM GRADING DOWN TO DUSKY 
YELLOWISH BROWN 50-60 CM WITH SLIGHTLY LIGHTER VARIATION OF DUSKY 
YELLOWISH BROWN 60-70 CM AND BACK TO DUSKY YELLOW BROWN 70-150 CM;H SOFT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.00/   13.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;S DEVITRIFIED ASH 
ZONE 60-80/126-129 CM AND NODULE AT 115;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.00/   16.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 5YR3/2-GRAYISH BROWN;DDEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.50/   18.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN;U PODS OF 
GRAYISH ORANGE ZEOLITE;C 10YR7/4-GRAYISH ORANGE;O 127-150 CM SLIGHTLY MORE 
GRANULAR;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.00/   19.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN,10YR6/6-DK 
YELLOWISH ORANGE;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;S ZEOLITE BANDS 
53-55/85-93/148-150 CM AND PELLETS;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.50/   21.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;H FIRM;S MASSIVE 
BEDDING WITH STREAKS AND SCATTERED ZEOLITE NODULES;D SLIGHT DEFORMATION;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    22.50/   24.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    21.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;H FIRM;D DISTORTED BY CORING;S 
MASSIVE BEDDING WITH SCATTERED RARE ZEOLITE NODULES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.00/   25.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    21.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;D CORE DISTORTED;H 
FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING;U RARE ZEOLITE NODULES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.50/   27.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    21.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;H FIRM;U RARE 
ZEOLITE NODS;D BELIEVED TO BE DISTORTED;S MASSIVE BEDDING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    27.00/   28.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    21.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;H FIRM;D BELIEVED 
TO BE DISTORTED;U SCATTERED ZEOLITE NODULES;S MASSIVE BEDDING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    30.00/   31.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    30.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;H FIRM;D BELIEVED TO BE DISTORTED 
BY CORING;S MASSIVE BEDDING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    33.00/   34.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    30.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOW BROWN;U SCATTEREDZEOLITE-RICH PODS;H SOFT;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    39.00/   40.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FERRUGINOUS NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    40.50/   42.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FERRUGINOUS NANNO-CHALK OOZE;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.50/   45.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 "RED CLAY" CHALK OOZE;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR3/4-DUSKY 
YELLOWISH BROWN;S 0-75 CM MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN STREAKED WITH DARKER,
75-95 CM DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN MOTTLED WITH LIGHTER,95-120 CM MOD YEL BRN,
120-150 CM DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN WITH LIGHTER MOTTLING;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    45.00/   46.50
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOFOSSIL-FORAM "FERRUGINOUS" CHALK OOZE;C 10YR2/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH 
BROWN,10YR4/2-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;S DUSKY YEL BRN EXCEPT FOR DK YEL BRN 
20-65 CM,LIGHTER MOTTLING 65-80 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    46.50/   48.00
Hole:  38   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    39.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO-FORAM (FERRUGINOUS) CHALK OOZE;C 10YR3/2-DUSKY YELLOWISH BROWN;H 
CORE SOFT -- ICE CREAM TEXTURE;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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