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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.50
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.85
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1350
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.93
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 930
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.03/    4.16
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 230
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.30/    4.49
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 190
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.55/    5.03
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  250/ 730
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.04/    5.05
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  740/ 750
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.06/    5.80
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  760/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.80/    7.15
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1350
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.30/    8.13
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 830
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.30/    8.43
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     4.30
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 230
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.05/   10.35
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1350
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.50/   10.96
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 460
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.07/   11.16
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     9.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 190
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.87/   14.60
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   70/ 800
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.61/   14.66
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  810/ 860
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.67/   14.77
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  870/ 970
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.78/   14.81
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  980/1010
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.82/   14.84
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1020/1040
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.85/   14.89
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1090
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.90/   15.01
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1100/1210
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.02/   15.05
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1220/1250
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.06/   15.15
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1260/1350
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.30/   15.65
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 350
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.66/   15.67
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  360/ 370
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT;H SOFT;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.68/   16.05
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    13.80
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  380/ 750
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.50/   20.00
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    20.00/   21.50
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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MODERATELY DISTURBED;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    21.50/   22.33
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.50
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 830
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    23.30/   23.88
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 580
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    23.93/   24.37
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  630/1070
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.43/   24.80
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1130/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.82/   24.95
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   20/ 150
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.99/   25.38
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  190/ 580
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.40/   25.73
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  600/ 930
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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ORGANIC MATTER 
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.83/   26.30
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1030/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    26.40/   26.50
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.30
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    28.00/   29.50
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;D GREATLY DISTURBED;U  
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    29.50/   30.86
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1360
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.00/   31.62
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 620
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.72/   31.84
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    28.00
Core:   7   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 220
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    32.80/   33.51
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.80
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 710
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    33.57/   34.06
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.80
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  770/1260
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    34.17/   34.30
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    32.80
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 230
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    37.50/   38.43
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    37.50
Core:   9   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 930
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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ORGANIC MATTER;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    38.54/   38.64
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    37.50
Core:   9   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    42.30/   43.65
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.30
Core:  10   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1350
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
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Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.80/   43.94
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.30
Core:  10   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 140
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    43.99/   44.07
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    42.30
Core:  10   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  190/ 270
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U   
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.00/   47.28
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:  11   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 280
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S  ;U PEBBLES 
 
 
Leg : 66    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    47.39/   47.51
Hole: 492A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    47.00
Core:  11   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 220
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SILT;H SOFT;Z 33213000;C GRAYISH OLIVE GREEN;S BURROWS;U

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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