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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.20
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1200
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C DUSKY YELLOW,GRAYISH ORANGE,OLIVE GRAY,GREENISHGRAY;
S BURROWS,CONTACTS,MOTTLING;P SHELL DEBRIS;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.90
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     1.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1400
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GRAY,GRAYISH BROWN,BROWN;S MOTTLING,BEDDING,BURROWS;
M MANGANESE;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.40
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     1.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1400
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GRAYS;S BEDDING,BURROWS,MOTTLING,LAMINAE;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    5.90
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     1.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1400
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GREEISH GRAY,GREENISH BLACK,OLIVE GRAY;S SLUMP 
STRUCTURE(?),MOTTLING,BEDDING,MOTTLING,BURROWS,LAMINAE 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.93/    7.30
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.90
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   30/1400
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY;S LAMINAE,MOTTLING,BURROWS;U PEBBLES 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.40/    8.80
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.90
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1400
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY,GRAYISH BLACK;S MOTTLING,BURROWS;M IRON,
MANGANESE;U PEBBLES 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.90/   10.20
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.90
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY;S BURROWS;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.30/   11.60
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    10.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY,OLIVE;S MOTTLING,BURROWS;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.80/   13.21
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    10.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1410
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 PELAGIC CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY,OLIVE,GRAYISH BLACK;S MOTTLING;M IRON 
MANGANESE(?);U PEBBLES 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.30/   14.57
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    10.30
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1270
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY;S MOTTLING,BURROWS;U   
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.70/   17.80
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.70
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1100
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO OOZE;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY;M VOLCANIC GLASS;S MOTTLING,
BURROWS;U VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.25/   19.60
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.70
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1400
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO OOZE;H SOFT;C GREENISH GRAY;S BEDDING,BURROWS;M MICRONODULES,
VOLCANIC GLASS;U VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.70/   19.75
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    16.70
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO OOZE;H SOUPY;C GREENISH GRAY;M VOLCANIC GLASS;D GREATLY 
DISTURBED;U VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.20/   19.70
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.20
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;H SOUPY;C OLIVE GRAY,GREENISH GRAY;S BURROWS;M VOLCANIC GLASS;U 
VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.70/   21.20
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.20
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 GREEN CLAY;H VERY SOUPY;C OLIVE GRAY TO GREENISH GRAY;M VOLCANIC GLASS;D 
GREATLY DISTURBED;U VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSITS 
 
 
Leg : 70    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    21.30/   21.40
Hole: 506B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    18.20
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 200
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO OOZE;H SOUPY;Z 11111210.1221;C OLIVE GRAY,GREENISH GRAY;D 
GREATLY DISTURBED;S  ;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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