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

Core data from the Ocean Drilling Program legs 101-129


 leg : 105          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval:  12 cm
 
 lithology: SILTY MUD
 color    : BROWN/DARK BROWN (0-5 CM) GRADING DOWN TO BROWN (5-12 CM)
 color nos: 7.5YR 4/4 (0-5 CM) GRADING DOWN TO 7.5YR 5/4 (5-12 CM)
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED
 comments : VERY LITTLE SAND OR COARSER DETRITUS, GRADATIONAL LOWER 
            CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :  12 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval:  92 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING MUDDY SAND
 color    : PALE BROWN TO 50 CM, GRAY GRADING TO LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY
 color nos: 10YR 6/3 TO 50 CM, 5Y 5/1 GRADING TO 10YR 6/2
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES (UP TO 4 CM ACROSS), MINOR 
            BIOTURBATION (75-90CM)
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES AND COBBLES, GRAVELS UP TO 4 CM
 comments : GRADATIONAL UPPER CONTACT, GRADATIONAL CONTACT (78CM), SHARP
            CONTACT (50CM), SHARP LOWER CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :  92 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval: 115 cm
 
 lithology: SILTY MUD ALTERNATING WITH CRS-GRAINED MUDDY SAND LAYERS 
            ABOUT 1 CM THICK (AT 96, 104, AND 109 CM)
 color    : GRAY GRADING TO LIGHT OLIVE GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 5/1 (92-100 CM) GRADING DOWN TO 5Y 6/2 (100-115 CM)
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES
 minerals : POSSIBLE BASALT PEBBLE AT 100 CM
 comments : SHARP UPPER CONTACT, GRADATIONAL LOWER CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   : 115 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval: 130 cm
 
 lithology: FINE-GRAINED SILTY CLAY
 color    : LIGHT OLIVE GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 6/2
 structure: FAINT MOTTLING, BURROWS?
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED
 comments : VERY FINE-GRAINED WITH NO SAND OR COARSER DETRITUS, 
            GRADATIONAL UPPER AND LOWER CONTACTS
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  01          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   : 130 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING MUDDY SAND WITH A VOID (130-135 CM)
 color    : PALE BROWN
 color nos: 10YR 6/3
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES (UP TO 4 CM ACROSS)
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES AND COBBLES PRESENT
 comments : GRAVELS UP TO 4 CM, GRADATIONAL UPPER CONTACT
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval:  48 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING SILTY MUD (10% GRAVEL)
 color    : LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY
 color nos: 2.5Y 6/2
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED (0-10CM)
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES AND COBBLES PRESENT
 comments : GRAVELS UP TO 4 CM, GRAVEL PERCENTAGE = 10%
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  02          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :  48 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING MUDDY SAND (20% GRAVEL)
 color    : GRAY WITH REDDISH BROWN MOTTLES (120-125 CM)
 color nos: 5Y 6/1 WITH 5YR 4/3 MOTTLES (120-125 CM)
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES, MOTTLING
 drill def: MODERATELY DISTURBED(70-115 CM),HIGHLY DISTURBED(130-150 CM)
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES AND COBBLES PRESENT
 comments : GRAVELS UP TO 4 CM, GRAVEL PERCENTAGE = 20%
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  03          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval: 150 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING MUDDY SAND
 color    : GRAY/LIGHT GRAY WITH PALE BROWN MOTTLES
 color nos: 5Y 6/1 WITH IRREGULAR 10YR 6/3 MOTTLES
 structure: IRREGULAR MOTTLING (10YR 6/3)
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED(0-65 CM), SLIGHTLY DISTURBED(65-150 CM)
 unusual ocurrences: ISOLATED PEBBLES, QUARTZ ARENITE DROPSTONE (45-51 
                     CM)
 comments : QUARTZ ARENITE DROPSTONE (45-51 CM) ABOVE A SHARPLY BOUNDED 
            POCKET OF MED-GRAINED SAND (53-57 CM)
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  04          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval:  35 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING, SILTY MUD (~10% GRAVEL)
 color    : GRAY/LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 6/1
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES
 drill def: HIGHLY DISTURBED FROM 15 TO 35 CM
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES AND COBBLES PRESENT
 comments : PROBABLE FLOW-IN MATERIAL FROM 15-35 CM
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 more data:  
 
 leg : 105          section        :  CC          top piece/sub:     
 hole: 0645A        top interval   :   0 cm       bot piece/sub:       mg
 core: 001H         bottom interval:  10 cm
 
 lithology: GRAVEL-BEARING, SILTY MUD
 color    : LIGHT GRAY
 color nos: 5Y 6/1
 structure: ISOLATED PEBBLES AND COBBLES
 unusual ocurrences: PEBBLES
 comments : PROBABLY FLOW-IN MATERIAL
 induration: UNLITHIFIED
 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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