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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    1.14
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1140
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOID;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.14/    1.50
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1140/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT RICH ZEOLITE CLAY;C 10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D MODERATE;H SOFT;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    60.00/   60.35
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 350
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOID;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    60.35/   61.15
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  350/1150
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT RICH ZEOLITE CLAY;C 10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D MODERATE;O VOID 
62-115CM;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.15/   61.50
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1150/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY ZEOLITIC CLAY;C 10YR4/3-BROWN,10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISH BROWN;O 
SECTION IS BROKEN INTO ROCK FRAGMENTS 5CM;H STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    61.50/   63.00
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    60.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO OOZE;C 10YR7/3-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN;S MOTTLED 
MODERATELY;D INTENSE;O VOID 143-150CM,COLOR LIGHTER TOWARDS BOTTOM;H SOFT;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    79.00/   79.91
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 910
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 VOID;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    79.91/   80.15
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  910/1150
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY RICH MANNO OOZE;C 10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN;D SLIGHT;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    80.15/   80.50
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    79.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1150/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAYEY RAD OOZE;C 5YR3/4-DARK REDDISH BROWN;D SLIGHT;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    98.00/   98.45
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 450
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY;C 5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN;D INTENSE;O VOID TO 36CM;H SOUPY;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    98.45/   98.75
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/ 750
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY RAD RICH NANNO OOZE;C 10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISHBROWN;D SLIGHT TO 
MODERATE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    98.75/   99.21
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  750/1210
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE CLAY ZONE;D PROBABLY MIXED BY DRILLING;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.21/   99.50
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1210/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO RAD BEARING CLAY;C 10R2.5/2-VERY DUSKY RED;D INTENSE;H SOFT TO 
SOUPY;Z 33211000.1210 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    99.50/  101.00
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO RAD BEARING CLAY;C 10R2.5/2-VERY DUSKY RED;D INTENSE;H SOUPY;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   101.00/  102.50
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD BEARING ZEOLITE RICH CLAY;C 5YR3/2-DARK REDDISH BROWN;D HOMOGENOUS 
PRESUMED TO BE INTENSELY DEFORMED;H SOUPY TO SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   102.50/  103.22
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 720
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD BEARING ZEOLITE RICH CLAY;C 5YR3/3-DARK REDDISH BROWN,5YR2.5/2-DARK 
REDDISH BROWN,10R2.5/1-REDDISH BLACK;D SLIGHT;U REDDISH BLACK NODULE AT 
12-18CM 65-72CM;H SOFT TO STIFF;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 31    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   103.22/  104.00
Hole: 291   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    98.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  720/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 FERRUGINOUS ZEOLITE RICH CLAY;C 5YR2.5/2-DARK REDDISH BROWN,10YR2.5/3 
VERY DUSKY RED;S MOTTLED MODERATELY;H STIFF;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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