NOAA NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center WDC MGG Seafloor Series Volume 2

Core data from the Ocean Drilling Program legs 101-129


 leg : 101          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001W         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: MED TO CRS GRAINSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 7/1
 drill def: SOUPY
 minerals : GLAUCONITE (FILLING SOME FORAMS)
 paleontology: PLANKTONIC FORAMS, SKELETAL DEBRIS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001W         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: MED TO CRS GRAINSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 7/1
 drill def: SOUPY
 minerals : GLAUCONITE (FILLING SOME FORAMS)
 paleontology: FORAMS, SKELETAL DEBRIS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  03          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001W         bottom interval: 100 cm
 
 lithology: MED TO CRS GRAINSTONE (SLIGHLY COARSER THAN SECTIONS 1 AND 
            2)
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 7/1
 structure: NORMAL GRADED BEDDING (PROBABLY A DRILLING ARTIFACT)
 drill def: SOUPY
 minerals : GLAUCONITE (10%-20%)
 paleontology: PLANKTONIC FORAMS, SKELETAL DEBRIS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001W         bottom interval:   8 cm
 
 lithology: MED TO CRS GRAINSTONE (FINER THAN IN ABOVE SECTIONS)
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 7/1
 drill def: SOUPY
 minerals : GLAUCONITE (ABOUT 10+%)
 paleontology: PLANKTONIC FORAMS, SKELETAL DEBRIS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 002W         bottom interval:   3 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE FRAGMENTS (UP TO 5 CM)
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 7/1
 paleontology: PLANKTONIC FORAMS
 induration: LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 130 cm
 
 lithology: PACKSTONE
 color    : PINKISH GRAY
 color nos: 7.5YR 6/2
 drill def: SOUPY
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   : 130 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: VOID
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 146 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE, APPROACHING CHALK
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/2
 drill def: SOUPY
 unusual ocurrences: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR
 paleontology: CRS GRAINS-CLASTS & SKELETAL DEBRIS;FINE GRAINS-PLANKTONIC 
               FORAMS
 induration: PARTLY LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   : 146 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: VOID
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  03          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE, APPROACHING CHALK
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/2
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR
 paleontology: CRS GRAINS-CLASTS & SKELETAL DEBRIS;SAND GRAINS-PLANKTONIC 
               FORAMS
 induration: PARTLY LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  04          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE, APPROACHING CHALK
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/2
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR
 paleontology: CRS GRAINS-CLASTS & SKELETAL DEBRIS;FINE GRAINS-PLANKTONIC 
               FORAMS
 induration: PARTLY LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  05          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval:  82 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE, APPROACHING CHALK
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/2
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR
 paleontology: CRS GRAINS-CLASTS & SKELETAL DEBRIS;FINE GRAINS-PLANKTONIC 
               FORAMS
 induration: PARTLY LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 004R         bottom interval:  17 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE, APPROACHING CHALK
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 7/2
 unusual ocurrences: HYDROGEN SULFIDE ODOR
 paleontology: CRS GRAINS-CLASTS & SKELETAL DEBRIS;FINE GRAINS-PLANKTONIC 
               FORAMS
 induration: PARTLY LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval:  45 cm
 
 lithology: MED- TO FINE-GRAINED PACKSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 drill def: SOUPY TO HIGHLY DISTURBED
 paleontology: FORAMS
 comments : GRADATIONAL LOWER CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :  45 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: MED- TO FINE-GRAINED GRAINSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED
 paleontology: FORAMS AND BIOCLASTIC GRAINS
 comments : GRADATIONAL UPPER CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval: 110 cm
 
 lithology: CRS TO MED SAND-SIZED GRAINSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 structure: NORMAL GRADED BEDDING
 paleontology: FORAMS AND BIOCLASTIC GRAINS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   : 110 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval: 126 cm
 
 lithology: MED- TO FINE-GRAINED PACKSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 drill def: SLIGHTLY DISTURBED
 paleontology: FORAMS AND BIOCLASTIC GRAINS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   : 126 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval: 144 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE (126-144 CM), OVERLYING VOID (144-150 CM)
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 drill def: DRILLING BRECCIA
 paleontology: SKELETAL DEBRIS
 comments : CLASTS (ABOUT 5 CM ACROSS)
 induration: LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 101          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0626B        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 005W         bottom interval:   5 cm
 
 lithology: GRAINSTONE
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 7/2
 drill def: DRILLING BRECCIA
 paleontology: SKELETAL DEBRIS
 comments : PEBBLES (5-15 MM)
 induration: LITHIFIED
 more data:  
 

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These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Ocean Drilling Program Legs 101-129 CD-ROM produced in 2001 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. Additional ocean drilling data are available from NGDC and from the ODP/IODP.

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