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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.40/    7.90
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 7.5YR4/2-DK BROWN,-LT YELLOW BROWN,-BROWN;S DK BROWN WITH 
BROWN AND LT YELLOW BROWN GREAT MOTTLING 0-60 CM;O CORE DISTURBED 
PARTICULARLY BELOW 60 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.90/    9.40
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR4/4-DK YELLOW BROWN,10YR5/4-BROWN,10YR3/4-DK BROWN,
10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN;S DK YELLOW BROWN WITH GREAT BROWN/DK BROWN/VERY 
PALE BROWN MOTTLING,VERTICAL STREAKS AND SOUPY INTERVALS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.40/   10.90
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR5/4-YELLOW BROWN,10YR4/4-DK YELLOW BROWN,-LT YELLOW 
BROWN,-PINK;S YELLOW BROWN WITH CRYSTALLINE CHALK LNES AT 15 CM AND LT 
YELLOW BROWN COLOR ZONE 35-37 CM AND DK YELLOW BROWN COLOR ZONE 70-90 CM 
AND MOTTLING IN VARIOUS SHADES OF YELLOW BROWN;U 80 CM CHALK CLAST 1-2MM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.90/   12.40
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR4/4,10YR3/2,10YR8/2,-WHITE;S 10YR4/4 WITH 10YR3/2 SLIGHT 
UNCERTAIN MOTTLING AND 2MM THICK 10YR8/2 LAYER AT 130 CM;O CORE VERY 
DISTURBED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.40/   13.90
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR4.5/4-WHITE;D SHARP CONTACTS      SLIGHTLY ANTICLINALLY 
DEFORMED BY CORING;S ALL BASAL CONTACTS SHARP AND HORIZONTAL EXCEPT AT 20 
CM WHERE GRADATIONAL AND HORIZONTAL,ALTERNATING WHITEAND BROWN LAYERS,
20-32/44-49/54-59/77-83 CM PURE WHITE MAXWELL CHALK,0-20/32-44/49-54/59-77 
CM DK BROWNCLAY,83-150 CM DK BROWN CLAY WITH WHITE MOTTLING 120-126 CM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  3    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.90/   15.40
Hole:  20B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     6.40
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR4/4-DK YELLOW BROWN,10YR6/4-LT YELLOW BROWN,10YR3/4-DK 
YELLOW BROWN,-WHITE;S 0-14 CMDK YELLOW BROWN WITH SHARP IRREGULAR BASAL 
CONTACT,14-18 WHITE CHALK WITH SHARP IRREGULAR BASAL CONTACT,18-72 CM DK 
YELLOW BROWN DISTURBED WITH GRADATIONALIRREGULAR BASAL CONTACT,72-87 CM 
DARKER YELLOW BROWN WITH SHARP HORIZONTAL BASAL CONTACT,87-128 CM LT 
YELLOW BROWN WITH SHARP HORIZONTAL BASAL CONTACT,128-140 CM DK YELLOW 
BROWN WITH SHARP HORIZONTAL BASAL CONTACT,140-142 WHITE CHALK WITH SHARP 
HORIZONTAL BASAL CONTACT,142-150 CM DK YELLOW BROWN;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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