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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.00/    0.95
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 950
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FINE SAND;C 2.5Y6/4-LT.YELLOWISH BROWN;D GRADING CAUSED BY DRILLING;M 
MN-FE;O 50% FE-MN SAND,50% 2.5Y6/4 CALCAREOUS SAND;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     0.95/    1.50
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  950/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML SAND AND GRAVEL;C 2.5Y6/4-LT.YELLOW BROWN;D GRADING CAUSED BY 
DRILLING;M FE-MN,LIMESTONE,VOLCANIC ROCKS;P FORAMS?;O 70% FE-MN SAND 
(BRECCIA),30% 2.5Y6/4 CALCAREOUS SAND (PART OF LIMESTONE) WITH ORG. 
(FORAMS?) AND VOLC. ROCKS (GRAVEL,ROUNDED);H SOFT;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    1.92
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 420
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FE-MN GRAVEL (CRUST BRECCIA);C 2.5YR6/4-LT.YELLOWISH BROWN,
10YR7/6-YELLOW,-BLACK;U FE-MN CRUST,ROUNDED GLACIAL ERRATICS,ZEOLITES?,
SMALL CLAST OF 10YR7/6;M FE-MN,VOLC.ROCKS (GLAC.),LIMESTONE;O SIZE OF 
PARTICLES FROM 1 MM TO 2X3 CM,80% GRAVEL OF FE-MN CRUST-BLACK (0.1-1 CM),
20% OTHER MATERIAL: VOLC.ROCKS,SED-INDURATED ROCKS (ZEOLITES?) AND 
2.5YR6/4 CALCAREOUS SED.(LIMESTONE) 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     2.02/    2.32
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 400
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML FE-MN SANDY GRAVEL;U FE-MN CRUST;M FE-MN,LIMESTONE,VOLC.ROCKS,CHERT;O 
80% FRAGMENTS OF FE-MN CRUST,20% OF 1)FINE SAND:CALCAREOUS (LIMESTONE),
VOLCANIC,2)GRAVELS OF VOLC. ROCKS AND CHERTS (ONE IS 2X3 CM);H SOFT;Z 
33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    8.70
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1200
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML "FINE" SAND;C 2.5Y4/4-OLIVE BROWN;M FE-MN,PALAG,ZEOLITIC MATERIAL;P 
SPONGE PART.;O SAND APPEARS MADE OF:20% MN-FE PARTICLES,20% CALCAREOUS 
PART.(CLASTIC),50% AND AUTHIGENIC,PROBABLY ZEOLITIC MATERIAL 
PART.OCCURENCE OF SPONGE PART.,10% PALAGONITE PART.;H SOFT 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.70/    9.00
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1200/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML SANDY GRAVEL;C 2.5Y4/4-OLIVE BROWN,2.5Y6/6-OLIVE YELLOW,-BLACK,-WHITE;
S 2.5Y4/4 WITH PART. OF 2.5Y6/6,BLACK,AND WHITE,PART. ARE BIGGER THAN 
ABOVE,MORE HETEROGENOUS SIZE,OCCURENCE OF SMALL WHITE (5Y8/2) PATCHES;M 
FE-MN,PALAG;P SPONGE PART.;O SAND APPEARS MADE WITH: 20% FE-MN PARTICLES,
20% CALC. PART. (CLASTIC),50% AND AUTHIGENIC,PROB. ZEOL MATERIAL PART,
SPONGEPART,10% PALAG PART;H SOFT;Z 33219000 
 
 
Leg : 55    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.00/    9.59
Hole: 431A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.50
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 590
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 AML SANDY GRAVEL WITH ZEOL AND FE-MN FRAGS;C 2.5Y5/6-LT.OLIVE BROWN,
5Y6/6-OLIVE YELLOW,-WHITE;S PARTICLE SIZE IS 0.5 MM-0.5 CM 0-20 CM,1 
MM-1.5 CM 20-40 CM,1MM-3 CM 40-59 CM,GRAVEL OF 2.5YR5/6 SANDSTONE AND 
5Y6/6 INDURATED SEDIMENT;U 3 MN-FE CRUST FRAGS--BIGGEST (5X2X3 CM) HAS 2 
ZONES:A)MORE MN-FE AND B)MORE "BRECCHIA",FRAGMENTS OF 2.5YR5/6 S.ST. AND 
5Y6/6 INDURATED SED.,SMALL WHITE CALC. PATCHES;M MN-FE,SANDSTONE,
CALCAREOUS PATCHES;O 20% MN-FE,20% CALCAREOUS,50% ZEOLITIC,AND 10% PALAG 
PART. (SAME AS 2-1);H FIRM;Z 33219000 
 
 
    

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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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