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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    19.19/   20.69
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;C 5Y4/1,5Y6/1;D MODERATELY DEFORMED;S SLIGHT TO MODERATE 
MOTTLING WITH 5Y6/1 ESPECIALLY 27-100 CM;U CLASTS AT 60 AND 80 CM;Z 
33213000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    20.69/   22.19
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;S OCCASIONAL ZONES OF OPEN? BURROWS? OTHERWISE VERY SLIGHTLY 
BURROWED TO MASSIVE;C 5Y4/1-GRAY;O 120-145 CM ZONE OF SOMEWHAT 
CONCENTRATED BUT DISPERSED QTZOSE SAND-SIZED PARTICLES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    22.19/   23.69
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SLIGHTLY CALCAREOUS MUD;S MASSIVE;C 5Y4/1-GRAY;O TRACE DISPERSED 
SAND-SIZED PARTICLES 20-40/75-? CM;HSOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    23.69/   25.19
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-GRAY,N7;D CORE IS DISTURBED MAKING INTERPRETATION DIFFICULT;
S ESSENTIALLY MASSIVE WITH FEW THIN BANDS/LAMINAE OF CALCILUTITE (NANNO 
OOZE),BURROWS AT 30/93/95/106/111/139/140 CM;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    25.19/   26.69
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;D MOD TO STRONGLY DISTURBED;C 5Y4/1-GRAY,N7;S ORIGINALLY 
SOMEWHAT MASSIVE WITH OCCASIONAL BANDS/LAMINAE OF CALCILUTITE (NANNO OOZE) 
PROBABLY SLIGHTLY BURROWED,STREAKED WITH N7;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    26.69/   28.19
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    19.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;D MOD TO STRONGLY DEFORMED;H SOFT;C 5Y4/1-GRAY,5Y3/1;S PARTIALLY 
LAMINATED WITH QTZOSE AND NANNO OOZE,SPARSE BURROWS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    48.00/   49.50
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 INTERBEDDED MUD AND SAND;H SOFT;C 5Y4/1-GRAY;D STRONGLY DISTURBED THUS 
GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IDEALIZED;S BURROW? FILLED WITH SAND AT 3 CM,0-10 
CM MUD,10-15 CM SANDY MUD,15-20 CM MUD,20-25 CM SANDY MUD,35/39 CM SANDY 
MUD,39-43 CM SILTY VERY FINE SAND,43-54 CM MUDDY VERY FINE SAND,54-70 CM 
MUD,70-85 CM MUDDY VERY FINE SAND,85-90 CM MUD,90-100 CM MUD+MUDDY 
VERYFINE SAND,100-125 CM SILTY VERY FINE SAND,125-150 CM SILTY FINE SAND;O 
VOID 25-35 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.50/   49.65
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY FINE SAND;C 5Y4/1,5Y3/1;D STRONGLY DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.65/   49.75
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 250
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MED SAND;C 5Y4/1,5Y3/1;D STRONGLY DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    49.75/   51.00
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  250/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5Y3/1;H SOFT;D STRONGLY DEFORMED LAMINAE ARE DISCONTINUOUS;S THIN 
SILT/SAND LAMINAE,MICROBURROWZONE 25-30 CM BUT NO DEFINITE LARGE BURROWS,
MASSIVEMUD;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    51.00/   51.85
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 850
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5Y3/1-GRAY;D STRONGLY DEFORMED;H SOFT;S MORE OR LESS MASSIVE WITH 
FAINT COLOR LAMINATION,NO DEFINITE BURROWS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    51.85/   52.40
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  850/1400
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY MUD WITH CARBONACEOUS ORGANIC DEBRIS;C 5Y3/1-GRAY;O COARSE;H SOFT;D 
STRONGLY DEFORMED;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    52.60/   52.60
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    48.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY SAND WITH SANDY MUD;H SOFT;O GRAINS UP TO MED GRADE (MAX GRADE) 
THUS BASE OF CORE PROBABLY GRADED BED;C 5Y3/1-GRAY;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.00/   99.75
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 750
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD WITH CLAYEY NANNO OOZE;H SOFT;C N4.5-GRAY,N7-LT GRAY;D STRONG TO 
SEVERE DEFORMATION INTO MARBLED MIXTURE;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.75/  100.50
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  750/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;C 5YR3/1-GRAY;D STRONGLY DEFORMED;S GRADED BANDS OF PLANKTONIC 
FORAMS AT 75 AND (SLANTED) AT 80-90 CM;P PLANKTONIC FORAMS;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   100.50/  102.00
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;D STRONGLY DISTURBED;C 5Y3/1-GRAY;S DISCONTINUOUS LAMINAE OF QTZOSE 
SILT,CANNOT IDENTIFY BURROWS DUE TO DISTORTION--INTERPRETED AS UNBURROWED;
H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   102.00/  103.50
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 5Y4/1,5YR4/1,5B6/1,N2;D STRONGLY DEFORMED;SCOLOR MOTTLED,SPARSE 
INDICATIONS OF DEFINITE BURROWS,OCCASIONAL LAMINAE OF QTZ SILT AND/OR 
NANNO OOZE;UFES STAIN AT 110 CM;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   103.50/  105.00
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;D SEVERLY DISTURBED;C 5Y4/1,5YR4/1,5B6/1;S OCCASIONAL LAMINAE 
OR BANDS OF QTZ SILT AND/OR NANNO OOZE;O WATERY GAPS 25-35/70-90 CM;U FES 
STAIN AT 134;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   105.00/  106.50
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SEC 5 TOO DISTURBED TO CUT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   106.50/  107.80
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    99.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1300
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;H SOFT;D STRONGLY DISTURBED;C 5Y4/1,5YR4/1,N2;U FES? STAINS AT 79 AND 
109 CM;S RARE LAMINAE OF COCCOLITH OOZE AND SPARSE SILT STREAKS ABOVE 45 
CM;O WATERY 25-30 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   189.10/  190.30
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   189.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1200
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE AND FORM CALCISILTITE WITH CLAY;H SOFT;C 5YR5/1,5Y6/1,5GY6/1,
N7,N7.5;S SEQUENCE OF FINELY LAMINATED LITHS,MICROBURROWS? 29-32 CM,N7.5 
0-5/6-27CM,5YR5/1 5-6/29-37/66-67 CM,N7 37-50/65-68 CM,5Y6/1 
50-86/67-85/108-120 CM,5GY6/1 85-108 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   190.30/  190.55
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   189.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1450
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 PEBBLY MUDSTONE;H HARD;U LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE CLASTS UP TO 4CM DIAMETER;
C 5B6/1,10YB/2;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   210.36/  211.50
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   210.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  360/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 QTZ-CARBONATE FINE SAND;C 5Y5/1;D ARTIFICIALLY DISAGGREGATED;O RELATIVELY 
LOW MATRIX--NOTE THAT POSSIBILITY OF WASHING-OUT OF MATRIX MAY ACCOUNT FOR 
THE LACK THEREOF;H SOFT;Z 33214000.3311.3320 
 
 
Leg : 10    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   211.50/  213.00
Hole:  85   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   210.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 QTZ-CARBONATE FINE TO MED/COARSE SAND;C 5Y5/1-GRAY;D ARTIFICIALLY 
RESUSPENDED;S GRADED;O GRADING IS PROBABLY PRODUCED BY RESUSPENSION DURING 
CORE RETRIEVAL,NATURE OF CORE WAS SUCH THAT RESUSPENSION VERY LIKELY THUS 
GRADING IS CONSIDERED TO BE ARTIFICIAL--ORIGINAL TEXTURAL COMPOSITION AND 
CONFIGURATION UNKNOWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
    

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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