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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   100.00/  101.50
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE; C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN, 2.5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY; D CORE 
HIGHLY DEFORMED BY DRILLING; HSOFT TO SOUPY; O SOUPY SEDIMENTS MOSTLY 
LIGHT GRAY,RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE 50% + NANNO RAD OOZE 50%; S SOME LIME 
FRAGS;Z 11221210.2210 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   101.50/  103.00
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO RAD OOZE; C 2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW, 2.5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY, 10YR3/3-DARK 
BROWN; H SOFT TO FIRM; D COREHIGHLY MARBLED BY DRILLING, LOCALLY MODERATE 
DEFORMATION; S LOCALLY MODERATE DEFORMATION SUGGESTS SLIGHT BURROW 
MOTTLING IN PLACES, LOCAL PODS OF PALE YELLOW; O LIGHT GRAY 95% OF CORE - 
DARK BROWN 5% - PALE YELLOW TR, NANNO RAD OOZE 50% - RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE;
Z 21112210.1210 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   103.00/  104.50
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO RAD OOZE, RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE, RAD OOZE; C10YR3/2-VERY DARK 
GRAYISH BROWN, 2.5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY, 2.5Y6/2-LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY; D BEDDING 
SLIGHTLY TOMODERATELY DEFORMED EXCEPT FOR THREE INJECTED ZONESOF SLIGHTLY 
MORE CLAYEY PLASTIC SEDIMENTS; H FIRM; S THIN TO MEDIUM BEDDING, FEW LIME 
FRAGMENTS, LOCAL SLIGHT BURROW MOTTLING; O RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE+RAD 
OOZE+NANNO RAD OOZE IN EQUAL AMOUNTS;Z 21112210.1210 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   104.50/  106.00
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD OOZE, RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE, NANNO RAD OOZE; C10YR302-VERY DARK 
GRAYISH BROWN, 2.5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY,2.5Y6/2-LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY, 
2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW; DCORE SLIGHTLY TO GREATLY DEFORMED AND MARBLED; H 
FIRM; S BEDS OCCUR IN THIN TO MEDIUM UNITS WITH SHARP TO DIFFUSE CONTACTS, 
SLIGHT TO MODERATE BURROW MOTTLES-PALE YELLOW LITHOLOGY ALWAYS AS MOTTLES; 
O COLOR DISTRIBUTION--V.DK GRAY BROWN=1/2 + LT. GRAY=1/4 + LT. BROWNISH 
GRAY=1/4 + PALE YELLOW=TRACE AS PODS;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   106.00/  107.50
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 RAD OOZE, RAD NANNO CHALK OOZE, NANNO RAD OOZE; C10YR3/2-VERY DARK 
GRAYISH BROWN, 2.5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY, 2.5Y6/2-LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY, 
2.5Y8/4-PALE YELLOW; D CORE SLIGHTLY TO GREATLY DEFORMED; H FIRM; S THIN 
TO MEDIUM BEDDED; O COLOR CHANGES GRADUAL TO SHARP, RAD OOZE=1/2 + RAD 
NANNO CHALK OOZE=1/4 + NANNO RAD OOZE=1/4, COLOR DISTRIBUTION: V.DK. 
GRAYISH BROWN=1/2 + LT.GRAY=1/4 + LT.BROWNISH GRAY=1/4 + PALE YELLOW=TRACE 
AS PODS;Z 21112210 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   107.60/  107.60
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   100.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMY BIOGENOUS OOZES; C 10YR2.5/1-VERY DARK GRAY,-LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY; H 
HARD; S CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE, DEFORMED BURROW MOTTLES; O VERY BOTTOM OF CC;
Z 11110000 
 
 
Leg :  5    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :   107.10/  107.10
Hole:  42A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :   107.00
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 LIMY BIOGENOUS OOZES; C -VERY DARK GRAY, -LIGHT BROWNISH GRAY; S SLIGHT 
BURROW MOTTLES; H HARD;Z 11110000 
 
 
    

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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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