NOAA logo, National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF logo, National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences

Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILT-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR6/4-LT YELLOWISH 
BROWN;H STIFF;O MASSIVE;S BEDDING,MOTTLED COLOR CHANGES PROBABLY FROM 
BURROWS;D MODERATELY DEFORMED BY CORING;U LARGE MN NODULE AROUND 10 CM;Z 
33211000.3450 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1000
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR6/4-LT YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN,
10YR5/3-BROWN;D FAIRLY WELL DISTORTED;HFIRM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.00/    4.15
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1000/1150
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;H FIRM;D MODERATELY TO SLIGHTLY DEFORMED;
Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.15/    4.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1150/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR6/4-LT YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN,
10YR5/3-BROWN;D MODERATELY TO SLIGHTLY DISTORTED;H FIRM 115-130 CM AND 
SOUPY 130-150 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY WITH LOCAL PATCHES FORAM NANNO CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/4-VERY PALE 
BROWN,10YR7/4-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR5/3-BROWN,10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;H 
LOCALLY SOUPY;S STRATA MARBLED;D ALL DISTURBED BY CORING;O DKYELLOWISH 
BROWN IN LOWER HALF MARK FIRST APPEARANCEOF ZEOLITIC CLAYS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.00/    6.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR8/4-VERY PALE BROWN,10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH 
BROWN;D COMPLETELY DISTURBED BY CORING;H FIRM WITH ONE SOUPY PATCH 90-100 
CM;O UPPER HALF IS PALE BROWN LOWER HALF IS DK YELLOWISH BROWN;S WHITE 
STREAK 5-10 CM PROBABLY NANNO CHALK OOZE,SOME OF MOTTLING MAY BE DUE TO 
BURROWING;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.50/    8.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY WITH ZEOLITES;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR8/6-YELLOW;D 
HIGHLY DISTORTED BEDDING;H FIRM;S MASSIVE DK BROWN ZONES 
0-10/15-32/4/-60/110-150 CMALTERNATING WITH MARBLED STREAKS OF DK BROWN 
AND PALE BROWN;U ZEOLITE PEBBLE AT 50 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.00/    9.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR4/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR8/4-VERY PALE BROWN;D HIGHLY CONTORTED;H FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING;U 
PROBABLE MN NODULES 20/40/45/62 CM;H SOUPY INTERVAL 50-65 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.50/   11.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 10YR7/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;U LARGE MN NODULE AT 5 CM;H FIRM 
WITH SOUPY INTERVAL 70-75 CM;SBEDDING MASSIVE WITH RARE LIGHTER STREAKS;D 
DEFORMED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.00/   12.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;H FIRM;O PROBABLY 
DEFORMED AS IN SURROUNDING SECTIONS BUT THERE ARE NO CONTRASTING COLORS 
FOR DETERMINATION;S MASSIVE BEDDING;U VERY LARGE APPARENT FRAG OF MN 
NODULE 120-130 CM CONTAINS INTERNAL YELLOW PATCHES OF PALAGONITE AND 
EXTERNAL YELLOW PATCHES OF NANNO CHALK OOZE;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.50/   14.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR8/4-VERY PALE 
BROWN;H FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING;U 6 CM MN NODULE 30-36 CM;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.00/   15.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY WITH ZEOLITES;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;H FIRM;D VERTICAL 
MOTTLING SUGGESTS DEFORMATION;SMASSIVE BEDDING SLIGHTLY MOTTLED;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.50/   17.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/8-YELLOW,
10YR7/6-YELLOW,10YR8/3-VERY PALE BROWN;O AMOUNTS OF ZEOLITES CONTAINED 
INCREASES AS COLOR BECOMES LIGHTER YELLOW;D HIGHLY DEFORMED;H FIRM;S 
ZEOLITIC DK CLAY BEDS INTRUDE THE LIGHTER YELLOW;O BEDDING MUST HAVE BEEN 
IN HORIZONTAL BANDS 1-10 CM THICK,YELLOW CLAY MINOR LITHS ARE HEREBY 
TERMED "YELLOW" CLAY (THEY DIFFER FROM "RED" CLAYS IN THEIR INCREASED AMTS 
OF ZEOLITES AND LESSER AMTS OF HEMATITE);U MN+FE MICRONODS PRESENT IN VERY 
PALE BROWN LITH AS GREY SPECKS;S YELLOW CLAY INTERBEDDED IN THE MORE 
ABUNDANT DK BROWN CLAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.00/   18.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/8-YELLOW;D 
DEFORMED;S MASSIVE BEDDING OF DK YELLOWISH BROWN WITH STREAKS OF YELLOW 
ZEOLITIC CLAY;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.50/   20.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/8-YELLOW;H 
FIRM;S MASSIVE RED CLAYS MARBLED WITH YELLOW CLAYS AT SHARP BEDDING 
CONTACTS;U NODULE AT 119 CM CONTAINS 50% ZEOLITES AND 30% OTHER MINS 
(PROBABLY ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH);Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    20.00/   21.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR7/8-YELLOW,
-VERY DK YELLOWISH BROWN;D DISTURBED;S MASSIVE BEDDING WITH VERTICAL 
STREAKING;O FIRST APPEARANCE OF VERY DK YELLOWISH BROWN RED CLAY 
CHARACTERIZED BY MORE HEMATITE AND FEWER ZEOLITES;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    21.50/   23.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    14.00
Core:   3   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DK YELLOWISH BROWN;H FIRM;D 
DEFORMATION OF ENTIRE CORE SUGGESTED;SMOSTLY DK YELLOWISH BROWN MASSIVE 
BEDDING WITH STREAKS OF VERY DK YELLOWISH BROWN ZEOLITIC CLAY;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    24.50/   26.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DK REDDISH BROWN;D NOT DEFORMEDEXCEPT LOCALLY 
MODERATELY;H FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING WITH ONE INDURATED MORE BRITTLE ZONE 
60-75 CM CONTAININ IRREGULAR STREAK OF ZEOLITE;M ZEOLITES;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    26.00/   27.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DK REDDISH BROWN;H FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING WITH SOME 
STREAKING AND PRIMARY MOTTLING;D SOME STREAKING DUE TO CORING DEFORMATION;
U SCATTERED "YELLOW" CLAY CLASTS,WHITE ZEOLITIC ZONES IN LOWER 30 CM;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    27.50/   29.00
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RED CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DK REDDISH BROWN,10YR8/4-VERY PALE BROWN;D PROBABLY 
MODERATELY DEFORMED ALTHO DIFFICULT TO TELL;H FIRM;S MASSIVE BEDDING WITH 
2 FIRMER MORE INDURATED ZONES 0-8 AND 115-133 CM WHICH ARE BOTH PALE BROWN 
AND CAUSE BRITTLE FRACTURING DUE TO HARDNESS;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    29.00/   30.50
Hole:  37   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    23.00
Core:   4   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DK REDDISH BROWN,10YR5/3-BROWN,
2.5Y8/2-PALE YELLOW;S 0-50 CM MASSIVE BEDDED DK REDDISH BROWN 
ZEOLITE-BEARING RED CLAY,50-150 CM MOTTLED BROWN AND DK REDDISH BROWN RED 
CLAYWITH STREAKS PALE YELLOW ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH;U SCATTERED ZEOLITIC 
NODULES;O 135-141 CM VOID;H SOFT;Z 31210000.3350 
 
 
    

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.

Please see NOAA's privacy and disclaimer information. Send questions or comments to mgg.info@noaa.gov.

Department of Commerce > NOAA > NESDIS > NCEI > doi:10.7289/V54M92G2