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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.08
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1080
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT;C 7.5YR6/2,7.5YR6/4,10YR6/6;S SLIGHT BURROWED,UNCERTAIN MOTTLING,
GRADED BEDDING 0-3 AND 8-10 AND13-17 AND 19-21 AND 27.5-31 AND 48-56 AND 
61-66 AND85-90 AND 97-100 CM,CONVOLUTED AND/OR BURROWED 73-82CM;O COARSE 
TERRIGENOUS SILTS AND BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN MUD OR CLAY (TERRIGENOUS AND 
CALCAREOUS COMPONENTS;H STIFF;Z 33215000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.08/    1.23
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1080/1225
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;C 7.5YR8/6,7.5YR8/2;S SLIGHTLY BURROWED AND UNCERTAIN MOTTLING,
GRADED BEDDING THROUGHOUT,SOFT CLASTS OF MUD 116-122.5 CM;O CONVOLUTED OR 
BURROWED CALCAREOUS MUD (COCCOLITH OOZE) 109-118 CM,MUDDY CALCAREOUS SAND 
WITH COARSE GRAINS OF LIMESTONE AND FORAMS AND CLASTS OF MUD 116-122.5 CM;
H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    1.82
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 320
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 TURBIDITE;C 5Y7/3,5Y8/1,5Y7/6,5Y7/2,5Y,/2;S 3-6 CM INTERVALS OF COLOR 
LAYERING,HORIZONTALLY LAMINATED,COARSER PEBBLES (TO 1.5 CM);O COARSE 
SANDSTONE WITHABUNDANT PEBBLES,BULK OF CLASTS APPEAR TO BE WHITE TO LIGHT 
GRAY DENSE LIMESTONE SUBROUNDED TO MODERATELY WELL ROUNDED,SOME DARKER 
DOLOMITE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.82/    2.06
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  320/ 560
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 LAMINITE?;C 5Y8/2,5Y7/3;S FAINT IRREGULAR LAYERING IN LOWER 5 CM;O 
CALCILUTITE VERY COMPARABLE TO UNDERLYING MATERIAL BUT WITH IRREGULAR 
BEDDING APPARENTLY RESULTING FROM MIXING WITH LOWER MATERIAL;H HARD;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.06/    3.00
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  560/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CALCILUTITE;C 5Y7/3,-BLACK;U BLACK PIN POINT SPECKS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT,
SOME LIMONITE? SPECKS ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL CALC-CLAY CLASTS (TO 3 MM);O 
MASSIVE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    3.26
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 260
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 COCCOLITH OOZE;C 5Y8/2-LIGHT YELLOW GREEN;S FAINTLY MOTTLED;U SCATTERED 
LIMESTONE CLASTS;O MASSIVE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.26/    3.95
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  260/ 950
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDSTONE;C 5Y7/3,5Y4/2,5Y5/3,N9;U SCATTERED CLASTS OF GRAY GREEN TO BROWN 
LIMESTONE;O LIGHT GREEN THOROUGHLY MASSIVE (LIMESTONE + CLAYSTONE) PEBBLY 
MUDSTONE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    31.10/   31.44
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    31.10
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 340
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CALCARENITE;C 2.5Y7/2,-WHITE;S FINELY LAMINATED,WHITE AND GREENISH 
BEDDING;O LAYER THAT IS WELL SORTED FOR CALCARENITE,TURBIDITE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  1    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    71.00/   72.50
Hole:   5   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    71.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR6/4,10YR8/3,10G7/2,10YR5/3,5G5/2;S SLIGHTLY LAMINATED 
COCCOLITH RICH CALCISILTITE 4-23 CM;O SMALL MUD CLASTS 23-41 CM;O 
INTERBEDS OF TAN COCCOLITH RICH CALCISILTITE AND BROWN TO GREEN 
(CHLORITIC) CLAY WITH SCATTERED SMALL CLASTS OF ALTERED VOLCANOGENIC 
DEBRIS (INTERPRETED AS BASICALLY A BENTONITE?),A LARGE FRAGMENT OF 
(LIMEMUD) DENSE LIMESTONE RECOVERED FROM TOP OF CORE MAY BE IN PLACE;H 
FIRM;Z 33211000 
 
 
    

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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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