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Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project


Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.75/    5.90
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/ 700
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 MUD;C 10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN;D DEFORMED;O EMPTY 0-55 CM;H SOFT;Z 
33213000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     5.90/    6.70
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  700/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR4/3-BROWN,10YR8/4-VERY PALE BROWN;S MOTTLES V. 
PALE BROWN;D DEFORMED;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     6.70/    7.25
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 550
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR3/3-DARK BROWN;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H SOFT;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     7.25/    8.20
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  550/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SANDY MUD;C 10YR3/4-DARK YELLOWISH BROWN,10YR3/2-VERY DARK GRAY;
S IRREGULAR MOTTLES OF VERY DARK GRAY MUD;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H SOFT;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     8.20/    9.70
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 SANDY ZEOLITIC MUD;C 10YR3/2-GRAYISH BROWN,10YR3/1-VERY DARK GRAY,
10YR6/4-LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN;S IRREGULAR MOTTLES AND STRINGERS OF VERY 
DARK GRAY MUD,THIN LAYERS OF LIGHT YELLOWISH BROWN ZEOLITIC MARL MUD,MAY 
BE CONTAMINANT AT DRILLING BREAKS,LAYERS AT 60AND 110 AND 133 CM;D 
MODERATELY DEFORMED;U MANGANESE NODULE? AT 85 CM;H SOFT,LAYERS ARE SOUPY;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :     9.75/   10.35
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   50/ 650
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN;U FRAGMENT OF 
VOLCANIC ASH AT 40 CM,ANGULAR BROWN? AT 52 CM;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H 
SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.35/   10.75
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  650/1050
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 OOZE AND MUD;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,10YR3/2-DARK BROWN;DMODERATE DEFORMATION;U 
SECTION CONTAINS NUMEROUS PEBBLES OF DIVERSE LITHOLOGIES,ROUNDED LIMESTONE 
PEBBLE AT 90 CM,MANGANESE NODULE? AT 100 CM;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 33213000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    10.75/   11.10
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1050/1400
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;D MODERATE DEFORMATION;H SOFT;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.10/   11.20
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1500
Sect:  4
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC SILTY MUD;C 10YR3/2-VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN;D MODERATE 
DEFORMATION;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.20/   11.35
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/ 150
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 ZEOLITIC MUD;C 10YR3/2-DARK GRAYISH BROWN,-WHITE;S THIN DEFORMED LAMINAE 
OF WHITE NANNOPLANKTON CHALKOOZE;D DEFORMED;U LARGE MANGANESE NODULE 8 CM 
DIAMETER AT 10-14 CM;H SOFT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.35/   11.65
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  150/ 450
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE,10YR7/1-LIGHT GRAY;H SOFT,HIGHLY 
CONTORTED;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.65/   12.70
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :     5.20
Core:   1   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  450/1500
Sect:  5
 
Visual Text Description:
 SILTY ZEOLITIC MUD;C 10YR4/3-DARK BROWN,10YR5/4-YELLOW BROWN,10YR3/2-VERY 
DARK GRAYISH BROWN;S IRREGULAR MOTTLES OF VERY DARK GRAYISH BROWN;U 
SCATTERED SMALL ANGULAR PIECES OF COHERENT AND SEMI-COHERENT WHITE 
LIMESTONE;O YELLOW BROWN ZEOLITIC MUD AT 73 CM;HSOFT,COHERENT AND 
SEMI-COHERENT;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    11.60/   13.10
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  1
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O EXTRUDED 
AND STORED IN O TUBE,NOT CUT OPEN;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    13.50/   14.60
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/1500
Sect:  2
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O EMPTY 0-40 CM,EXTRUDED;Z 
00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    14.60/   16.10
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):   00/1500
Sect:  3
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNOPLANKTON CHALK OOZE;C 10YR8/1-WHITE;D INTENSE DEFORMATION;O EXTRUDED,
NOT CUT OPEN;Z 00000000;Z 00000000 
 
 
Leg :  6    Depth Top/Bottom of Layer(m) :    20.70/   20.70
Hole:  49A  Depth to Top of Core(m)      :    11.60
Core:   2   Depth Top/Bottom Interval(mm):    0/   0
Sect: CC
 
Visual Text Description:
 NANNO CHALK OOZE;C -WHITE,10YR4/4-DARK YELLOW BROWN,10YR5/,-YELLOW BROWN,
5Y7/2-LIGHT GRAY;U VITREOUS CHERT YELLOW AND GRAY WITH CRUSTS;H LITHIFIED;
Z 00000000;Z 11121210

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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