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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.50
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO-FORAM RICH LIME MUD,RADIOLARIAN-BEARING BROWN CLAY;C 10YR8/2-VERY 
PALE ORANGE,10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE,5YR4/2-PALE GREYISH BROWN,
5YR3/2-GREYISH BROWN,5YR8/6-PALE YELLOWISH ORANGE;S ALTERATION OF THIN 
BEDS OF VERY PALE ORANGE AND GREYISH ORANGE 0-16 AND 25-31 CM;D 
QUESTIONABLE DEFORMATION TO 110 CM,SLIGHTDEFORMATION 110-150 CM;U SPOTS OF 
PALE YELLOWISH ORANGE 64-98 CM;P NANNOS,FORAMS,RADS;O BED OF VERY PALE 
ORANGE WITH SHARP CONTACTS 16-18 AND 31-33 AND 51-64 CM,PALE GREYISH BROWN 
WITH SHARP BASAL CONTACT 18-25 CM,PALE GREYISH BROWN GRADING TO GREYISH 
BROWN 33-52 AND 64-98 AND 110-148 CM,VERY PALE ORANGE 98-110 CM;Z 
11111210.1221 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    1.58
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/  80
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO-BEARING LIME MUD;C 10YR8/2-VERY PALE ORANGE,5YR9/1-PINKISH WHITE;P 
NANNOS;O VERY PALE ORANGE 0-5 CM,PINKISH WHITE 5-8 CM;Z 11111210.1221 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.58/    2.50
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   80/1000
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD-BEARING BROWN CLAY;C 10YR6/2-PALE YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/2-PALE 
GREYISH ORANGE,5YR3/2-GREYISH BROWN,10YR8/2-VERY PALE ORANGE,
5YR9/1-PINKISH WHITE;S 40-50 CM SOME POORLY DEFINED BEDS AND LAMINAE OF 
VERY PALE ORANGE MATERIAL;D SLIGHT DEFORMATION;U SPOTS OFPINKISH WHITE 
MATERIAL AT 95 AND 98 CM;P RADS;O CONCENTRATION OF GREYISH BROWN MATERIAL 
60-64 AND 70-76CM;Z 31210000.2210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.50/    3.00
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1000/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO-BEARING LIME MUD;C 10YR8/2-VERY PALE ORANGE,5YR3/2-GREYISH BROWN,
10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE;D QUESTIONABLE DEFORMATION;P NANNOS;O VERY PALE 
ORANGE 100-132 AND 138-150,SOME DISTURBED (INJECTED?)GREYISH BROWN 
MATERIAL 120-122,GREYISH ORANGE 132-138;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO-BEARING LIME MUD;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE ORANGE,10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH 
BROWN,10YR8/1-WHITE,-BLACK,10YR7/4-GREYISH ORANGE,10YR3/3-DARK YELLOWISH 
BROWN;S TURBIDITES AT BASES OF REPEATING SEQUENCE AT 51 AND 109 AND 121 
AND 139 CM;D SLIGHT DEFORMATION 70-85 CM AND 125-150 CM,WHITE MOTTLES 
TOWARDS BASE OF REPEATING SEQUENCE;P NANNOS;O REPEATING SEQUENCE OF 
VERYPALE ORANGE AND GREYISH ORANGE GRADING TO ZONE OF LIGHT YELLOWISH 
BROWN TO A MOTTLED COARSE-GRAINED TURBIDITE DEPOSIT CREATING A SHARP 
CONTACT AND END OF SEQUENCE;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.00/    5.12
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 120
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO OOZE;C 10YR7/2-LIGHT GREY;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;U COARSELY 
CRYSTALLIZED CALCITE FRAGMENTS;M CALCITE;P FORAMS,NANNOS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.12/    5.56
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  120/ 560
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIME MUD WITH NANNOS AND FORAMS;C 10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR8/3-VERY 
PALE BROWN;S YELLOWISH BROWN TO VERY PALE BROWN MOTTLING;D QUESTIONABLE TO 
SLIGHT DEFORMATION;P NANNOS,FORAMS;O COLOR IS BECOMING LIGHTER REGULARLY 
DOWNWARD,51-56 CM IS AN ALMOST PURE LAYER OF VERY PALE BROWN;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.56/    6.14
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  560/1140
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY-RADIOLARIAN OOZE;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN,10YR7/6-YELLOW;
U SPOTS OF YELLOW MATTER 63-66 CM;P RADS;O SHARP CONTACTS AT 56 AND 114 CM;
Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.14/    6.34
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1140/1340
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIME MUD WITH NANNOS AND FORAMS;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE YELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN;O COLORS ALTERNATE EVERY 5 CM,SHARP CONTACT 
AT 134 CM;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.34/    6.50
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1340/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY RADIOLARIAN OOZE;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN,10YR7/6-YELLOW;
D QUESTIONABLE DEFORMATION;USPOTS OF YELLOW MATTER;P RADS;Z 11111210 
 
 
Leg : 17    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.50/    8.00
Hole: 165   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 FORAM-NANNO RICH LIME MUD,CLAYEY RAD OOZE;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN,
10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN,
10YR5/6-YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/2-LIGHT GREY;D SLIGHT TO MODERATE 
DEFORMATION;U 20-23 CM LARGE SPOT OF VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN,31-36 CM 
LARGE SPOT OF VERY PALE BROWN,FISH TEETH UP TO 1 CM LONG AT 96 AND 120 CM;
P FISH.DEB;O ALTERNATION OF GIVEN LITHOLOGIES,0-10 VARIOUS SHADES OF VERY 
PALE BROWN AND LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN,10-29 VERY PALE BROWN,29-70 VERY DARK 
GREYISH BROWN WITH CRUMBLY ZONE OF YELLOWISH BROWN AT 30 CM,70-90 LIGHT 
GREY WITH SHARP CONTACTS,90-131 VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN,131-148 LIGHT 
YELLOWISH BROWN,148-150 LIGHT GREY;Z 11111210 
 
 
    

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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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