Sample ID --- 70-92VS Activity ID --- D-1-85-AR Vessel --- Discoverer Sampling Equipment --- vibrating core Time --- 19852780000 (yyyydddhhmm) Latitude --- 69.95333 Longitude --- -165.36 Water Depth -- 42 (meters) Core Length --- 270 (centimeters) Core Diameter --- 0 (centimeters) Comments --- Subsample Purpose --- Storage Method --- Storage Location --- Investigator(s) --- core described by M. Colgan, core recored by G. Redden 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 57 cm A. Color of unit: dark olive grey and black B. Sediment texture: very fine sand and mud; fining upward to silty mud ooze; high organic content C. Sedimentary structures: massive D. Paleontologic obsevervation: reinforced worm burrows ~5-10 cm; shell fragments; 100% bioturbated E. Contact: erosional F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 57 cm to 65 cm A. Color of unit: dusky brown B. Sediment texture: clayey mud with layers of fine sand C. Sedimentary structures: several cycles of sand grading into mud D. Paleontologic obsevervation: peat in mud E. Contact: gradational? F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 65 cm to 148 cm A. Color of unit: medium grey and brownish grey B. Sediment texture: slightly muddy medium sands with interbeds of clay C. Sedimentary structures: at bottom several cycles of sand fining-up to mud. The sand beds thicken up section D. Paleontologic obsevervation: fine peat in mud E. Contact: gradational F. Additional comments: Description of Depostional Interval 148 cm to 270 cm A. Color of unit: dusky yellowish grey B. Sediment texture: silty clayey mud with peat and thin sand layer C. Sedimentary structures: massive with a layer of sand D. Paleontologic obsevervation: peat scattered throughout E. Contact: gradational? F. Additional comments: high gas content CH4 & H2S Description of Depostional Interval 262 cm to 270 cm A. Color of unit: brownish black & greenish black B. Sediment texture: silty clayey mud C. Sedimentary structures: massive D. Paleontologic obsevervation: bioturbated; worm burrow E. Contact: bottom of core F. Additional comments: