CODE 214 ALBATROSS 1947-48 



04 45'N., 128°08'E. WATER DEPTH 7710 METERS (MINDANAO TROUGH) 



CORE NO. 108 CORE LENGTH-390 CM. 



GREY-BROWN SAND. DEEPEST PART OF CORE PROBABLY A MUD 



GREYISH GREEN CLAY AND SILT WITH FLOW. NEXT ABOVE ARE GRADED SAND LAYERS 



SEVERAL DARK LAYERS. (TURBIDITY CURRENTS-KUENEN). THESE BEDS 



SEVERAL LAYERS OF DARK SAND CON- COVERED BY 3 METERS OF FINE-GRAINED TER- 



TAINING SILT AND CLAY SOME "ESTRIAL MUD WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF 



LAYERS BECOME COARSER WITH DEPTH. VOLCANIC GLASS AND ORGANIC SILICA. A 



COLOR-BLACK ^ ^^- ^^'^^ LAYER IS ABOVE ALL. COARSE 



360-389.5 IRREGULARLY MIXED SAND, SILT AND ^J,"' FRAGMENTS ARE UNWEATHERED AND 



CLAY-LIGHT PARTS ARE RNER THAN ^"'^^^ ^^^'^ ^^^^^'^^ °« '^'^''^^ 



THE DARK ONES. ^^''^^'^^ 



DEPTH IN 



CORE CM. 



0-3.5 



3.5-285.5 



285.5-360 



PARTICLE 



SAMPLE DEPTH 



(CM.) 



WT. 7o 



OF DRY, 



SALT 



FREE SEDIMENT 













SIZE MM. 





























<.006 



2 



45 



63 



154 



525 



287 



300 



306 



324 



342 



365 



381 





.006-02 



5.7 



49.2 





56.2 



36.0 





3.9 









12.2 



22.2 



16.6 



.02-06 



1.9 



19.0 





16.5 



15.2 





2.2 





3.5 



3.1 



2.8 



20.4 



7.2 



.06-. 125 



5.5 



28.0 



90.0 



18.1 



31.9 



85.0 



9.2 



44.0 











15.9 



.125-.25 



21.6 



3.8 



9.0 



7.1 



16.3 



15.0 



32.9 



30.8 



7.0 



5.2 



10.8 



30.1 



23.6 



.25-5 



53.3 



- 



1.0 



1.9 



0.6 





42.6 



25.0 



16.3 



16.4 



27.7 



14.9 



23.3 



.5-1.0 



11.5 



- 



- 



0.2 



- 





9.1 





59.1 



34.4 



25.6 



12.4 



10.2 



1 .0-2.0 



0.5 



- 



- 



— 



— 





0.1 



14.1 



29.0 



11.6 





3.2 



72.0 



- 



- 



- 



- 



- 





- 



l5 



- 



9.0 



9.3 



- 



- 





_ 



— 



_ 



_ 



_ 





_ 



C/1 



_ 



2.9 



3.0 



— 



_ 



FIGURE 5 DESCRIPTION AND GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF A SAMPLE REPORTED 

 BY A SWEDISH SOURCE 



CODE 262 









PERSEY 







78°37.3'N. 





STA. 



DEPTH 



ORG. 



MAT. % 





55°20'E. 





NO. 



(M) 



C N 



C/N 



C02 



1927-31 





1261 



207 



.79 .11 



7.1 



.05 







SURFACE SAMPLE 











% 



1 



GRAIN SIZE 



% 







M.M. 







M.M. 









>1 



27 





<0.01 



16 







0.1 



1 





<0.01 



30 







0.05 



26 













PETERSEN DREDGE 

 BROWN SANDY MUD 



CORE 0-4 CM BROWN SANDY MUD 

 4-16 CM, GREENISH-GREY MUD 

 16-25 MM. DARK GREY CLAYEY MUD 



FIGURE 6 DESCRIPTION, GRAIN SIZE, AND ORGANIC COMPOSITION OF A 

 SAMPLE TRANSLATED FROM A RUSSIAN SOURCE 



