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Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.50/   13.53
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1030
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR3/4-DARK YELLOW BROWN;U POSSIBLE MN NODULE AT 93CM;M CLAY;H 
POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 33211000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.53/   13.76
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1030/1260
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY CLAY WITH VOLCANIC GLASS;C 10YR6/3-PALEBROWN,10YR4/3-BROWN;U LUMPS 
OF CONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;M CLAY,GLASS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 
33213000.3651 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.76/   14.00
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1260/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUDDY RADIOLARIAN VOLCANIC SAND;C 10YR4/2-DARKGREY BROWN;U LUMPS OF 
CONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;M GLASS,RADIOLARIANS,CLAY,HEMATITE;H POORLY 
LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.00/   15.50
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN CLAY;C 10YR5/2-GREY BROWN,10YR5/3-BROWN;S SCATTERED DARK GREY 
AND LIGHT BROWN MOTTLES;U POSSIBLE SPHERICAL MN NODULES,LUMPS OF 
CONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;M CLAY;P RADS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.50/   15.80
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 300
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN ASHY SILT;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISHBROWN;S BLACK MOTTLES;M 
GLASS;P RADIOLARIANS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 33215000.3651 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.80/   15.87
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  300/ 370
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN SILT AND SAND WITH ASH;C 10YR4/3-BROWN;D DEFORMED BY DRILLING;
M GLASS,CLAY;P RADIOLARIANS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 33215000.3651 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.87/   15.92
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  370/ 420
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN ASHY SILT;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISHBROWN;M GLASS;P 
RADIOLARIANS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 33215000.3651 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.92/   16.00
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  420/ 500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN SILT AND SAND WITH ASH;C 10YR4/3-BROWN;D DEFORMED BY DRILLING;
M GLASS,CLAY;P RADIOLARIANS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.00/   16.20
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  500/ 700
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN ASHY SILT;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISHBROWN;M GLASS;P 
RADIOLARIANS;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.20/   16.25
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/ 750
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN SILT AND SAND WITH ASH;C 10YR4/3-BROWN;M GLASS;P RADIOLARIANS;
H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    16.25/   17.00
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  750/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN ASHY SILT;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GREYISHBROWN;D DEFORMED BY 
DRILLING;U PIECES OF BLACK ASH,AT 90 CM 15 A 5CM PIECE OF BROWN 
RADIOLARIAN SILTAND SAND WITH CLAY;M GLASS;P RADIOLARIANS;H 
POORLYLITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    17.00/   18.50
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 RADIOLARIAN ASHY SILT;C 10YR4/3-BROWN,10YR3/2-VERYDARK GREYISH BROWN,
10YR3/3-DARK GREEN;D FROM 5 TO15CM DEFORMED BY DRILLING SHOWS BROWN COLOR;
U PUMICEFRAGMENTS THROUGHOUT CORE;M GLASS;P RADIOLARIANS;OFROM 25 TO 40CM  
AND 130CM ON SEDIMENT COMPACT ANDDRY;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 
00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    18.50/   20.00
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ASHY CLAY WITH RADIOLARIANS;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARKGREYISH BROWN,
10YR4/3-BROWN,-BLACK;S BLACK MOTTLES;D BROWN MOTTLES DUE TO DRILLING;U 
PUMICE AND BLACK ASH FRAGMENTS;M GLASS,CLAY,OPAGUES;P RADIOLARIANS;O 
SEDIMENT SOFT AND MOIST;H POORLY LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;Z 22232210.3651 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    20.00/   21.50
Hole:  53B  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    12.50
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 SOFT ASHY RADIOLARIAN SILT;C 10YR4/2-DARK GREYISHBROWN,10YR3/4-GREY,
-BLACK;S MOTTLES BROWN AND GREYAND BLACK;U GREY ASH AND PUMICE FRAGMENTS;M 
GLASS,CLAY;P RADIOLARIANS;O LAYER OF GREY ASH AT 75-80CM;H POORLY 
LITHIFIED;Z 00000000;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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