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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.32/    1.50
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1320/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 10YR3/4 MODERATE BROWN,5YR2/2 DUSKY BROWN;D SLIGHTLY DISTURBED;O 
UNIFORM,MODERATE BROWN AT TOP;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     1.50/    3.00
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-RED BROWN, -YELLOW;S THIN YELLOW LAYER AT 102 CM;O 
UNIFORM;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     3.00/    4.50
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-VERY DUSKY RED;D MODERATELY DEFORMED FROM 0 TO 17 CM;O 
UNIFORM;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     4.50/    6.00
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-VERY DUSKY RED, 10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;S SLIGHTLY 
MOTTLED FROM 76 TO 113 CM, LAYER OF DARK YELLOWISH BROWN RAD OOZE FROM 113 
TO 126CM;D MODERATELY DISTURBED FROM 124-128 CM, 132-142 CM;O MAINLY 
UNIFORM VERY DUSKY RED CLAY;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.00/    7.50
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-VERY DUSKY RED, 10YR4/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN;S THIN 
LAYERS OF DARK YELLOWISH BROWN RAD OOZE AT 8 CM AND FROM 34 TO 36 CM;O 
MOSTLY UNIFORMVERY DUSKY RED CLAY;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.50/    9.00
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     0.00
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-VERY DUSKY RED;O UNIFORM;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.91/    9.10
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  310/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 2.5YR2/2-VERY DUSKY RED;S FRAGMENT OF CHALK FROM 136 TO 138 CM;O 
UNIFORM CLAY;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.10/   10.60
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DUSKY BROWN, -BROWN;S SCATTERED FRAGMENTS OF BROWN CHERT;D 
INTENSE DEFORMATION;O NO PHOTO TAKEN;H SOFT;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.60/   12.10
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O UNOPENED, NO PHOTO TAKEN;H SOUPY;Z 31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    12.10/   13.60
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C -DUSKY BROWN;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O NO PHOTO TAKEN;H SOFT;Z 
31210000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.60/   15.10
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DUSKY BROWN;S HARD FRAGMENTS OF CHERT AND CHERTY CLAYSTONE;
D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O NO PHOTO TAKEN;H SOFT;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  8    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    15.10/   16.60
Hole:  68   Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     7.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  6
 
Visual Text Description:
 CLAY;C 5YR2/2-DUSKY BROWN;S PROBABLY ABUNDANT BROKEN CHERT FRAGMENTS;D 
INTENSE DEFORMATION;O UNOPENED, NO PHOTO TAKEN;H SOFT;Z 31210000

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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