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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.67/    1.02
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  670/1020
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUD;C 10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,-DARK BROWN;U AT 100 CM 
CONCENTRATION OF DARK BROWN SAND GRAINS AND ONE DARK BROWN ROUNDED PEBBLE 
6 MM IN DIAMETER;O DARK YELLOWISH BROWN SANDY MUD TO MUD;P VISIBLESPONGE 
SPIC IN TOP 10CM;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.02/    1.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1020/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN;U OCCASIONAL SMALL (< 5 MM) 
PEBBLES OF BROWN SILTSTONE (?);D 114-150 CM EXTREME DRILLING DEFORMATION,
SOUPY;H SOUPY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    2.00
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUD;C 10YR5/4-MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;
P AT 26 CM WHITE SHELL 1 CMIN DIAMETER,NUMEROUS FORAMS VISIBLE BETWEEN 30 
CM AND 50 CM;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;O MODERATE YELLOWISH BROWN SANDY MUD TO 
MUD BECOMMING DARK YELLOWISH BROWNAT BASE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.00/    3.00
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;U OCCASIONAL SMALL (< 5MM) PEBBLES;D 
EXTREMELY DISTURBED, SOUPY;P AT 90 CM LARGE GASTROPOD SHELL 6 CM  BY 3 CM;
O MUD BECOMES SLIGHTLY DARKER TOWARDS BASE;H SOUPY;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.50/    4.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 10YR4/2-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;D 50-75 CM AND90-115 CM SOUPY;P FORAMS 
VISIBLE 60-80 CM;H SOUPY 50-75 CM AND 90-115 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.60/    4.60
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUD;C 10YR5/4-YELLOWISH BROWN;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   121.00/  122.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   121.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUD;C -DARK GRAY,-OLIVE BLACK,5Y4/1-OLIVE GRAY,5G6/1-GREENISH GRAY;
U AT TOP OF SECTION TWO WELLROUNDED PEBBLES ONE 6.5 X 5.5 CM THE OTHER  
5X4 CM LARGER IS DARK GRAY SILTSTONE SMALLER IS QUARTZITE,10-117 CM PYRITE 
NODULES UP TO 6 MM LONG;S 10-117 CM BIOTURBATED;D 10-117 CM MATERIAL 
BROKEN INTO BLOCKS SEPARATED BY SEVERAL CMS OF DRILLING BRECCIA;M PYRITE,
QUARTZITE;O 10-117 CM OLIVE BLACK TO OLIVE GRAY SANDY MUD,117-126 CM 
GREENISH GRAY SANDY MUD POSSIBLY CONSISTING OF PROPORTION OF DECOMPOSED 
VOLC ASH,126-150 CM CONTINUATION OF SAME OLIVE BLACK SANDY MUD;M VOLC ASH;
H SOFT;Z 33212000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   122.50/  124.00
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   121.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD,SANDY MUD;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S APPEARS TO BE FORMER INTERBEDS OF MUD 
AND SANDY MUD,BELOW 100 CM FINE (< 1 MM) CALCITE VEINLETS;M CALCITE;D 
DRILL BLOCKS SOME SLIGHT DEFORMATION;O 65-70 CM VERY COARSE SAND GRAINS 
WITHIN SANDY MUD;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   124.10/  124.10
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   121.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUD;C 5GY4/1-DARK GREENISH GRAY;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   129.20/  129.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUDSTONE;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;D DRILL BLOCKS;U SCATTERED PYRITE 
FRAGMENTS (NODULES) APPROXIMATELYU MM APPEARS PEBBLY;H LITHIFIED;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   129.50/  131.00
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUDSTONE;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S BIOTURBATION NOTED THROUGHOUT NOT 
OVERLY EXTENSIVE;U PEBBLES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT;O VERY COARSE SAND 
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT;M QTZ,CHERT;O MASSIVE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   131.00/  131.15
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;S BIOTURBATED;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   131.15/  131.27
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 270
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SAND;C N5;O COARSE TO VERY COARSE;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   131.27/  132.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  270/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUDSTONE;C 5Y3/2-OLIVE GRAY;S BIOTURBATED,ASHY (DEVIT ASH) STREAKS 
(ZONES) AT 35-39 CM 101-105 CM 148-150 CM AND STREAKED THROUGHOUT 101-150 
CM INTENSIVE ASHY UNITS ?;U WITH PEBBLES;O VERY COARSE SAND;M MICA,PYRITE,
CHERT;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   132.60/  132.60
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   128.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 TERRIGENOUS SANDY MUD;C 5Y3/1-OLIVE GRAY;H FIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   187.76/  188.50
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   187.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  760/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUDSTONE;C 5Y2/1-OLIVE BLACK;S THOROUGHLY BIOTURBATED;D 105-118 CM 
DRILLING BRECCIA;P POSSIBLE SCOLITHUS TUBES;O MASSIVE,SANDY MUDSTONE WITH 
SCATTERED SAND GRAINS AND POSSIBLE SCOLITHUS TUBES,OLIVE BLACK THROUGHOUT,
FINER GRAINED UNBIOTURBATED MUDSTONEAT 105-118 CM AS BROKEN FRAGMENTS MAY 
EVEN BE CLAYSTONE;P NO RECOGNIZABLE TRACE FOSSILS EXCEPT COMPOSITE BURROWS;
H LITHIFIED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   188.50/  190.00
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   187.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY MUDSTONE;S SCATTERED CALCITE VEINLETS AROUND 70 CM AND ABUNDANT AT 
135-14? CM;M CALCITE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg : 38    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   190.10/  190.10
Hole: 347   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   187.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 TERRIGENOUS SANDY MUD;C 5Y3/1-OLIVE GRAY;H SOFT;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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