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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    79.90/   80.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  900/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5Y5/2-GREY BROWN;H PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    80.50/   82.00
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S TURBATED THROUGHOUT,SAND LAYERS 86-92 AND 
124-129 CM,SAND PULSATIONS 135-140 CM,GRADED BEDDING;U BLACK SPOTS 140-150 
CM;H WATERY TO PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    82.00/   83.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 TURBIDITES;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S CLASSIC TURBIDITESEQUENCE-GRADING UP FROM 
SAND TO CLAY,SEQUENCE BASES AT 12 AND 22 AND 87 AND 129 AND 137 CM;M 
GYPSUM(INSAND),SELENITE(IN SAND);O CLAYS ARE OLIVE GREY;H PLASTIC;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   107.65/  108.01
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   107.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1010
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S WASHED SAND 65-70 CM,MODERATE MOTTLING,SHARP 
LOWER CONTACT,TURBATED;O LIGHTAREA 90-94 CM;H PLASTIC TO STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   108.01/  108.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   107.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1010/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMESTONE GRAVEL;D UPPER HALF INJECTED WITH MUD;PSHELL FRAGMENTS;O GRAVEL 
WELL ROLLED AND FLATTENED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   116.36/  117.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   116.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  360/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOW BROWN;S TURBIDITE,SAND LAYERS 
94-96 AND 123-126 AND 128-129 AND 143-145 AND 149-150 CM,MODERATE 
BURROWING AT110 CM;D INJECTED FROM ABOVE AND INTENSELY DISTURBED 36-67 CM;
U LIMESTONE PEBBLES 48-67;P MOLLUSC FRAGMENTS 48-67 CM;O CLAY IS OLIVE 
GREY AND DARK YELLOW BROWN;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   174.30/  174.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1300/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,SAND;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY,10YR4/2-DARK GREY BROWN;S MULTIPLE SMALL 
PULSATIONS,CLAY FINELY LAMINATED;O CLAYS ARE OLIVE GREY,SAND IS DARK GREY 
BROWN;H PLASTIC;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   174.70/  176.00
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  200/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5YR4/1-BROWN GREY;S TURBIDITES WITH DIFFUSE SAND LAYERS MARKING 
SEQUENCE BASES AT 50 AND 75 AND 90 AND 110 AND 130 AND 140 CM;D DEFORMED 
BY DRILLING 60-70 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   176.15/  177.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR4/1-DARK GREY,5Y4/2-OLIVE GREY;S TURBIDITES,SAND PULSATIONS 
120-138 CM;P AMPHISTEGINES ANDURCHIN SPICULES 41-48 AND 55-105 AND 120-130 
CM;O DARK GREY 15-38 CM,OLIVE GREY 38-150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   177.60/  177.60
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   173.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY,SAND;C 5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;S CONTOURITES,SEVERAL PULSATIONS AFTER MAIN 
DEPOSITION;P FORAMS(AMPHISTEGINA);O 8 PIECES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   210.98/  211.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   210.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  980/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR5/1-GREY,10YR5/3-BROWN;S SAND LAYERS AT 126.5-127 AND 131-133 
AND 143-144 CM;O GREY 98-115CM,BROWN 145-150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   211.50/  212.96
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   210.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1460
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 TURBIDITES;C 5Y5/1-GREY,10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREY BROWN;S THIN SEQUENCES 
WITH SAND AT BASES AT 15 AND 25AND 47 AND 58 AND 62 AND 100 AND 104 AND 
107 AND 116 AND 120 AND 125 AND 138 CM;O GREY DOMINANT COLOR,VERY DARK 
GREY BROWN LAYERS 21-25 AND 55-65 AND 104 AND 111-116 AND 123-125 CM;H 
STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   213.10/  213.10
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   210.00
Core:   5   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT;C 5YR4/2-DARK RED GREY,5Y4/1-OLIVE GREY;O 5 PIECES,COLOR LAYERING;H 
STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   267.87/  268.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   267.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  870/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR4/2-DARK GREY BROWN;S TURBIDITES WITH BASES AT 115 AND 127 AND 
140 CM,SAND LAYER 143-145 CM;O DARK GREY BROWN 138-140 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   268.50/  270.00
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   267.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 TEPHRA;C 5G4/1-DARK GREEN GREY;D DEFORMED BY DRILLING;H CONSOLIDATED TO 
MOBILE;Z 33113000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   270.00/  271.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   267.00
Core:   6   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 TEPHRA;C 5G4/1-DARK GREEN GREY;D DEFORMED BY DRILLING;H CONSOLIDATED TO 
MOBILE;Z 33113000 
 
 
Leg : 13    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   389.00/  390.50
Hole: 123   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   389.00
Core:   8   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 TEPHRA;C 5G4/1-DARK GREEN GREY;D DEFORMED BY DRILLING;H CONSOLIDATED TO 
MOBILE;Z 33113000 
 
 
    

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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