Sample ID --- 53-70VS Activity ID --- D-1-85-AR Vessel --- Discoverer Sampling Equipment --- vibrating core Time --- 19852740000 (yyyydddhhmm) Latitude --- 70.54833 Longitude --- -165.91333 Water Depth --- 47 (meters) Core Length --- 605 (centimeters) Core Diameter --- 0 (centimeters) Comments --- ships 3.5 shows sobbottom reflector at ~ 2m. Core overflowed top-few cm missing. sample was removed from vcore head and labled 'top few cm' Subsample Purpose --- Storage Method --- Storage Location --- Investigator(s) --- core described by M. Colgan, core recored by M. Colgan 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 1 cm A. Color of unit: dark grenish gray B. Sediment texture: siltly muddy ooze C. Sedimentary structures: ooze D. Paleontologic obsevervation: non E. Biologically active E. Contact: density F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 2 cm to 215 cm A. Color of unit: greenish black with black areas B. Sediment texture: Medium sandy mud that fines upward to a silty mud at top. C. Sedimentary structures: massive with gravel lag at base shell lag at 52cm. D. Paleontologic obsevervation: Barnacle fragments at base. Shell filled burrows. Shell lag at 52cm and whole bivalve in situ 60cm. Moon snail fragments. E. Contact: Erosional F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 215 cm to 230 cm A. Color of unit: greenish gray B. Sediment texture: silty mud C. Sedimentary structures: massive D. Paleontologic obsevervation: none E. Contact: erosional F. Additional comments: similar to interval 255-441 (ash-lower). Description of Depostional Interval 230 cm to 255 cm A. Color of unit: brownish gray to olive gray B. Sediment texture: hard gravelly muddy medium sand with a layer of sandy mud C. Sedimentary structures: Grades from coarse sand and gravel at bottom to medium sandy mud. D. Paleontologic obsevervation: Burrow traces E. Contact: Erosional F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 255 cm to 411 cm A. Color of unit: ligth greenish gray with areas of pinkish gray. Uppermost portion greenish gray B. Sediment texture: Quartz rick silt with layers of muddy silts and sand sized quartz. C. Sedimentary structures: interbedded, silts and asand sized layers. Some beds mud-rich. D. Paleontologic obsevervation: none. Some organic rich layers E. Contact: Ash-layer F. Additional comments: Ash-layer Description of Depostional Interval 412 cm to 454 cm A. Color of unit: brownish gray with greenish gray layer. B. Sediment texture: Silty mud with a layer of sandy mud C. Sedimentary structures: interbeds of silty mud with sandy mud. The sands fine upward. D. Paleontologic obsevervation: Organic rich area E. Contact: gradational? F. Additional comments: very hard layer at top of section. Description of Depostional Interval 463 cm to 500 cm A. Color of unit: olive gray B. Sediment texture: slightly muddy medium sand C. Sedimentary structures: massive with parallel silt draps at 480. D. Paleontologic obsevervation: infilled burrows. E. Contact: deformed possibly erosional F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 500 cm to 595 cm A. Color of unit: olive gray and greenish gray B. Sediment texture: hard clayey micaous mud C. Sedimentary structures: massive D. Paleontologic obsevervation: locallized organic concentrations E. Contact: erosional F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 595 cm to 605 cm A. Color of unit: olive black B. Sediment texture: hard pebblely silty mud C. Sedimentary structures: massive D. Paleontologic obsevervation: none E. Contact: bottom of core F. Additional comments: