Sample ID --- 12-17VS Activity ID --- D-1-85-AR Vessel --- Discoverer Sampling Equipment --- vibrating core Time --- 19852570000 (yyyydddhhmm) Latitude --- 71.375 Longitude --- -155.25333 Water Depth --- 21.5 (meters) Core Length --- 361 (centimeters) Core Diameter --- 0 (centimeters) Comments --- Subsample Purpose --- Storage Method --- Storage Location --- Investigator(s) --- core described by M. Colgan, core recored by J. Miley Comments --- Subsample ID --- Interval Top --- 0 (centimeters) Interval Bottom --- 0 (centimeters) Interval Age --- unknown Primary Lithology --- Secondary Lithology --- Primary Texture --- Secondary Texture --- Other Components --- Comments ---Description of Depostional Interval 0 cm to 30 cm A. Color of unit: yellow gray B. Sediment texture: clayey mud ooze C.Sedimentary structures: none D.Paleontologic obsevervation: bioturbated oxidized zone E.Contact: density F.Additional comments: suspended clast of lower unit at 10 cm Description of Depostional Interval 30 cm to 54 cm A. Color of unit: yellowish gray with few black streaks B. Sediment texture: clayey mud C.Sedimentary structures: scattered parallel laminations of dark silty organic strata / somewhat massive D.Paleontologic obsevervation: E.Contact: deformed F.Additional comments: organic layer localized (predominately oxidized) Description of Depostional Interval 55 cm to 121 cm A. Color of unit: light olive gray and olive black B. Sediment texture: mud; semi-consolidated C.Sedimentary structures: remnant parallel declination. heavily bioturbated D.Paleontologic obsevervation: barnacle fragment and Yolinda fragments; Macoma at 58 cm; heavy bioturbation E.Contact: density - underlying layer F.Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 122 cm to 126 cm A. Color of unit: light yellowish grey B. Sediment texture: soft mud C.Sedimentary structures: massive D.Paleontologic obsevervation: E.Contact: erosional F.Additional comments: soft layer seen in 16VS Description of Depostional Interval 126 cm to 220 cm A. Color of unit: olive B. Sediment texture: mud with silty organic layer & dropstone C.Sedimentary structures: plan parallel laminations; grades upward from almost cyclic clayey mud and dark silty organic strata; massive with relict lamination to more apparent laminations D.Paleontologic obsevervation: mollusc fragment; barnacle fragment; bioturbated E.Contact: erosional? F.Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 220 cm to 275 cm A. Color of unit: olive grey with black streaks B. Sediment texture: mud with dark silty organic layer and dropstones C.Sedimentary structures: laminated alternating mud - black silty organic layer perpendicular to bedding and deformed D.Paleontologic obsevervation: piece of Macoma with perostracome E.Contact: erosional F.Additional comments: could be ice gouge overturned unit Description of Depostional Interval 276 cm to 320 cm A. Color of unit: light olive grey and olive grey B. Sediment texture: mud with silty organic layer and dropstones C.Sedimentary structures: relict parallel lamination; deformed and convoluted strata D.Paleontologic obsevervation: shell fragments; some burrow traces E.Contact: erosional F.Additional comments: possible ice gouge zone Description of Depostional Interval 321 cm to 344 cm A. Color of unit: olive grey with black streaks B. Sediment texture: mud with silty organic layer and dropstone C.Sedimentary structures: remnant parallel lamination somewhat bioturbated D.Paleontologic obsevervation: bioturbation E.Contact: erosional F.Additional comments: dolomite ? dropstone Description of Depostional Interval 345 cm to 361 cm A. Color of unit: olive black B. Sediment texture: mudstone C.Sedimentary structures: massive D.Paleontologic obsevervation: E.Contact: F.Additional comments: