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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 32    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.05/    1.50
Hole: 308   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH;C 10YR3/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;S 
LAYERS 2 TO 5 CM THICK OF SIMILAR COMPOSITION-THESE LAYERS ARE FOUND ABOVE 
82 CM AND ARE SPACED AT 5 TO 10 CM INTERVALS;O HOMOGENEOUS;H STIFF TO 
SEMI-LITHIFIED;Z 33113000 
 
 
Leg : 32    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.62/   14.00
Hole: 308   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1120/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BIOGENOUS VOLCANIC SILT;C -MEDIUM DARK GRAY;P ABUNDANT THIN-WALLED AND 
PELECYPOD SHELL-FRAGMENTS;D SOUPY FROM 112-120 CM;O HOMOGENEOUS;H SOUPY 
FROM 112-120 CM AND STIFF FROM 120-150 CM;Z 33215000 
 
 
Leg : 32    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.05/   15.50
Hole: 308   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 BIOGENOUS VOLCANIC SILT;C N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;S MAINLY WELL ROUNDED FINE 
SAND TO SILT-SIZED VOLCANIC ROCK PARTICLES;D MODERATE DEFORMATION (STIFF) 
FROM 5-20 AND 30-75 AND 92-117 AND 122-141 CM;P ABUNDANT FORAMINIFERA 
(MILINOIDS),SOME BRYOZOA,ORTRACOD AND SMALL GASTROPODS EMBEDDED IN 
FINE-GRAINED MATRIX;O INTERSTITIAL WATER SAMPLE FROM 0-5 CM;H STIFF 
 
 
Leg : 32    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    40.60/   42.00
Hole: 308   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    40.50
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BIOGENOUS VOLCANIC SILT;C N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;S FINER GRAINED THAN 
PREVIOUS SECTION (NO SAND-SIZED VOLCANIC ROCK FRAGMENTS);D SLIGHT 
DEFORMATION;P SMALL 1 TO 3 CM LARGE SPOTS AT 52 CM AND 68 CM MAY REPRESENT 
PARTLY DISSOLVED PELECYPOD SHELLS;O HOMOGENEOUS;HSEMI-LITHIFIED-PARTLY 
BROKEN UP BY DRILLING TO SOFTMUD WITH HARD PIECES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 32    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    59.10/   60.50
Hole: 308   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    59.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  100/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 BIOGENOUS VOLCANIC SANDSTONE;C N4-MEDIUM DARK GRAY;S DOMINANTLY 
FLAT-SANDSIZED VOLCANIC ROCK GRAINS OF VARIOUS LITHOLOGIES,FLAT SAND 
GRAINS ARE WELL ROUNDED LYING PARALLEL BEDDING AND ARE OCCASIONALLY 
IMBRICATED,LARGE (2-3 CM) VOLCANIC ROCK PEBBLES AT 66 CM,131 CM SHOW 
BOREHOLES MADE BY ?BORE-MUSSELS,LAMINATED FINE SAND AT 72-75 CM,91-94 CM 
SEMI-LITHIFIED;D DRILLING BRECCIA FROM 10-70 CM,VERY SLIGHT DEFORMATION 
FROM 70-150;P ABUNDANT BIOGENOUS DEBRIS (PELECYPODS <6-8 CM AND GASTROPODS 
UP TO 2 CM AND FORAMINIFERA-MANY MILIOLINS-BRYOZOA AND SOLITARY CORALS 
<2-3 CM),CEMENTED BY CARBONATE CEMENT,CORALS PRESERVED AS MOLDS ONLY 
(ARAGONITE DISSOLVED) MANY PELECYPOD SHELLSARE ONLY PRESERVED AS MOLDS 
WITH OUTER PROBABLY MICRITIC  SHELL-THESE HAVE PARTLY BEEN INFILLED BY 
CARBONATE CRYSTALS,CEMENT IS A VOID RIMMING PALISADE CEMENT WITH CRYSTALS 
PERPENDICULAR TO SUBSTRATE GRAIN,FOSSIL CHAMBERS PARTLY FILLED WITH PYRITE;
O ENCRUSTING CORRALINE ALGAE IN CORE CATCHER;H HARD;Z 00000000 
 
 
    

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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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