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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    79.04/   79.50
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    78.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1040/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,SAND;C 10YR3/3-BROWN,10YR4/2-DARK GREY BROWN,5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S 
TURBIDITE SEQUENCE TOP TO BOTTOM,INJECTED SAND AT 140 CM;D SLIGHT 
DEFORMATION;O BROWN CLAY 104-120,DARK GREY BROWN 120-135 CM,OLIVE 
GREY135-150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    79.50/   80.92
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    78.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1420
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y5/2-OLIVE GREY,5Y6/2-LIGHT OLIVE GREY;S TURBIDITE SEQUENCES 
THROUGHOUT WITH SEQUENCE BASES AT 14 AND 40 AND 76 AND 83 AND 87 AND 102 
AND 104 AND107 AND 113 AND 130 AND 136 AND 140 CM,BURROWING AT83 CM,SOLE 
MARKS AT 76 CM,PARALLEL LAMINATION IN SAND LAYERS 20-25 AND 33-40 CM,
GRADED SAND LAYER 70-76CM;D SLIGHT DEFORMATION;P DEUTALIUM LAMELL.,FORAMS;
O LIGHT OLIVE GREY CLAY LAYER(POSSIBLY PELAGIC) 113-130 CM;H CLAY LAYERS 
ARE PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    88.53/   89.10
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    87.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  930/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,SAND,SILT;C 2.5Y3/2-VERY DARK GREY BROWN;S TURBIDITE SEQUENCES,SHARP 
CONTACTS WITH EROSION MARKSAT 129 AND 133 AND 138 AND 148 CM,SMALL 
PULSATION BEDS OF SAND 93-129 CM,GRADED BEDDING 138-148 CM OF SAND;D 
DEFORMED BY DRILLING;M GYPSUM,QUARTZ;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    89.10/   90.60
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    87.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND,CLAY;C 5YR5/2-PALE BROWN,5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY,5Y5/2-GREY BROWN,
10YR4/2-DARK YELLOW BROWN;S ALTERNATION OF FINE SAND AND CLAY(TURBIDITE OR 
CONTURITE),LOAD CASTS AT 45 CM,BURROWING 25-28,LAMINATED 63-66 CM;O CLAY 
IS PALE BROWN,SAND IS OLIVE GREY EXCEPT 131-150 WHERE DARK YELLOW BRN;S 
GRADATIONAL CONTACTS AT 7AND 37 AND 42 CM,SHARP CONTACTS AT 15 AND 66 AND 
91AND 113 AND 116 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    90.70/   90.70
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    87.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 TURBIDITES;C 10YR4/2-DARK GREY BROWN,-BLACK,5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S MODERATE 
BURROWING,FOUR TURBIDITE SEQUENEES;M QUARTZ(IN SAND);P FORAMS(IN SAND);H 
PLASTIC TO STIFF;Z 33239000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   135.10/  135.10
Hole: 122   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   135.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 TURBIDITES;C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN,10YR5/2-GREY BROWN,5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S 
MODERATE BURROWING,LOAD STRUCTURES;D DEFORMED(FLOW IN);H PLASTIC;Z 
33239000 
 
 
    

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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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