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1 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 1H CORED mbsf 934A-1H m _ ë Z= M 10YR 5/3 5GY 5/1 N1 CALCAREOUS CLAY, CLAY and SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE Major Lithologies: The top 87 cm of Section 1 is composed of brown to dark greenish gray calcareous clay. Nannofossils and foraminifers dominate the calcareous component. This interval contains two distinctive crusts of indurated clays and concretions. The upper (Section 1, cm), is olive brown (2. 4/4); the lower, at the base of the calcareous clay (Section 1, cm), is olive gray ( 4/2). A pteropod-rich layer occurs at 66 cm in Section 1.

2 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 2H CORED mbsf a. CO CLAY and SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE AND SILTY SAND BEDS Major Lithologies: From Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 3, 31 cm, the sediment consists of dark olive gray clay that contains a few silt laminae. The interval Section 3, 39 cm, through to the bottom of the core, is composed of very dark gray silty clay interbedded with several silt laminae and two silty sand beds. The whole core contains iron monosulfide either disseminated as blebs throughout, or concentrated within the silt laminae. 934A-2H 1 _ 0 3/1 - ö 7 - ss s

3 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 3H CORED mbsf a. ro CO FINE SAND and SILTY CLAY WITH SILT AND SAND BEDS 934A-3H 1 3/1 N2 Major Lithologies: From the top of the core through Section 4, 59 cm, the sediment consists of very dark gray to black sand; the black intervals contain plant debris. In the interval Section 4, 59 cm, through Section 7, 60 cm, several graded beds of silty clay with coarse silt and/or fine-sand beds at their base occur. The interval Section 7, 60 cm, to the bottom of the core consists of fine sand N2 10- :c

SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 4H CORED 23.3-32.8 mbsf Q.

4 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 4H CORED mbsf Q. CO CD 3/1 SILTY CLAY WITH SANDY SILT LAMINAE AND BEDS and FINE SAND Major Lithologies: The core consists of very dark gray silty clay that is intercalated with decimeter- to meter-thick beds of fine sand or muddy sand. The silty clay contains silt laminae and silty sand beds that contain fine grains of iron monosulfide. Centimeter- to decimeter-thick black ( 2.5/1 ) layers, rich in plant debris, occur within the massive sand beds. 934A-4H 1 CC 9-10

5 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 5H CORED mbsf ü SILTY CLAY WITH SILT/SAND LAMINAE AND BEDS and CLAY 934A-5H 1 2 Major Lithologies: Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 4, 59 cm, consists of a very dark gray silty clay. The clay contains 20- to 40-cmthick fining-upward sequences, each with silty sand beds or sandy silt laminae at the base. From Section 4, 59 cm, to the bottom of the core, a structureless clay is the dominant lithology

6 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 6H CORED mbsf 934A-6H 1 SILTY CLAY AND SANDY SILT 1 " 2 This core contains dark olive gray silty clay and sandy silt. The sediment displays contorted bedding, occasional silt laminae, and some sandy silt beds. The bed in Section 4, 0-52 cm, is graded. 3 - Void

7 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 7H CORED mbsf Q. CO en SILTY CLAY 934A-7H 1 This core contains highly contorted dark olive gray silty clays with occasional intercalations and clasts of silty sand and sand

8 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 8H CORED mbsf Φ a. o SILTY CLAY AND SANDY SILT WITH MUD CLASTS 934A-8H Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 4, 150 cm, is composed of structureless silty clay that contains disseminated wood fragments. Section 5, 0 cm, through CC, 42 cm, consists of structureless sandy silt that contains numerous mud clasts - some of which appear to be carbonate rich. 3 - \ M

SITE 934 Meter HOLE Section Age A CORE 9H Disturb Sample Color CORED 70.8-80.

9 SITE 934 Meter HOLE Section Age A CORE 9H Disturb Sample Color CORED mbsf 934A-9H 1 SAND AND MUD CLASTS 2_ 3_ 4 5_ late Pleistocene * 0 O O MM OOOOOOOOOOOOOO S S M This core consists of medium- to coarse-grained sand. Intercalated within interval Section 1,110 cm, through Section 3, 60 cm, are mud clasts. General : The sediment within Sections 4, 5, and CC were disturbed during core recovery, and, as such, any structure within these sections is the result of post-recovery disturbance, and is therefore not primary in formation.

10 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 10H CORED mbsf Se Sample 934A-10H 1 MUDDY SAND WITH SAND BEDS AND MUD CLASTS 2 - sφ& &δs This core consists of muddy sand with occasional sand and silt beds some display grading. Section 6,110 cm, to the bottom of the core contains numerous mud clasts. 3_ 4-5_ 3 $M$3$ ^SsS;^ Ö..ÖΛ&.Q..O. rl.ö.ö Q O i? 1 JP J^v^v^v %$$$$#, tyfegs ft&ftftfts - $J$ {$ Qi. {ii:{i M

11 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 11H CORED mbsf 934A-11H 1 <r> \ CO o 4/2 6/4 SAND WITH MUD CLASTS This core consists of medium to coarse sand. The interval Section 1, 30 cm, through Section 3, 19 cm, contains numerous mud clasts. The interval Section 4, cm, contains highly contorted bedding. 5/3 R : 7 : - 5/3 8_ 9 iα r_-_-_-_-_- M

12 SITE 934 HOLE A CORE 12H CORED mbsf 934A-12H 1 _o o O SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE AND SAND 2 - This core consists of silty clay. The interval Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 5, 118 cm, contains numerous silt and fine sand laminae and beds. The interval Section 5, 118 cm, to the bottom of the core, consists of silty clay with disseminated veins and blebs of medium and fine sand M

13 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 1H CORED mbsf 934B-1H 1 ü ë YR 5/3 10YR 2. 4/2 CALCAREOUS CLAY, CLAY and SILTY Major Lithologies: The top 93 cm of Section 1 consists of brown to gray calcareous clay. Nannofossils and foraminifers are the major calcareous component. This interval contains two distinctive dark brown (10YR 3/3 and 7.R ) crusts of indurated clay at and cm. A pteropod-rich layer occurs at 66 cm in Section 1. Section 1, 93 cm, CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE through Section 2, 5 cm, consists of a dark grayish brown clay. A silty clay containing few iron monosulfide-rich silt laminae and sandy silt beds occurs from Section 2, 5 cm, through to the bottom of the core X ë

14 1 1 SITE 934 HOLE c Mete Sectio Age B CORE Distur 2H Φ Samp Color CORED mbsf 934B-2H 1. '. 1_. ~ ~ ~ ~ - -, r-t-t^zsz - ' rj"j _~_~ o _ 4_ i : i._ i i i i i i i i i i i !I!I!I!I!I!I 3 4 Φ c Φ sto Φ Q. ate = SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE AND SILTY SAND BEDS and FINE SAND Major Lithologies: From the top of the core through Section 5, 145 cm, the lithology consists of very dark gray silty clay. Several silt laminae are intercalated within the silty clays in Sections 1 through 3. The laminae increase in thickness and grain size downcore. Silty sand beds occur in Section 4, cm, and within intervals, Section 5, 10-18, 43-51, and cm. Section 6, 5 cm, through to the bottom of the core consists of silty clay. - 7_ IIIII i i i i i 5 liilllllli 1 a_ 6 \ CC M

15 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 3H CORED mbsf 934B-3H 1 a. ro C/D ü 1_ ran ran ö FINE SAND and SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE AND BEDS OF SILT AND SILTY SAND Major Lithologies: Two intervals (Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 2, 4 cm, and Section 4, 142 cm, through Section 5, 70 cm) consist of dark gray to very dark gray fine sand. The other intervals within the core consist of dark gray silty clay, which contains silt laminae and beds of silt or silty sand. The thickness of these beds increases downcore. 2.5/2 3/1 7_

16 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 4H ü CORED mbsf CLAY, SILT, AND SAND 2 - \ \ N2 N2 Between thick ( cm) intervals of fine sand or clay, the core contains 20- to 150-cm-thick finingupward sequences with fine sand at their base. Sand layers in Sections 1, 2, and 3 have large amounts of plant debris. 3 - \ \

17 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 5H \ _5 CO CORED mbsf CLAY, SILT AND SAND and SILTY CLAY Major Lithologies: From the top of the core through Section 3, 29 cm, several finingupward (silty sand to clay) beds occur. From Section 4, 0 cm, to the bottom of the core, dark gray silty clay is the dominant sediment. The clay contains iron monosulfide micronodules and an isolated mud clast. 934B-5H \ 5 ~

18 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 6H CORED mbsf 934B-6H 1 SILTY CLAY WITH SILT LAMINAE AND BEDS The sediment in this core consists of dark olive gray silty clay. Silt laminae and beds of between 1 and 10 cm thickness are intercalated in the silty clay throughout the core. Micronodules of iron monosulfide are common and lead to black blebs and spots in the silty clay. General : The whole core is heavily disturbed, probably as a result of gas escape. This process has sheared the silty clay and destroyed contacts between clay and silt laminae and beds :

19 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 7H CORED mbsf 934B-7H 1 ü SILTY CLAY WITH LAMINAE AND BEDS OF SILTY SAND 1 - The entire core is composed of dark olive gray silty clay with numerous contorted laminae and beds of silty sand. 2 ~ M

20 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 8H S 2 α51 % 8 CO CO CORED SILTY CLAY AND SAND CLASTS mbsf MUD 934B-8H i Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 2, 50 cm, consists of silty clay with ood fragments disseminated hroughout. Section 3, 0-50 cm, onsists of silty sand. The interval ection 3, 50 cm, through Section 6, 8 cm, contains fine sand with umerous mud clasts. Section 6, 68 m, to the bottom of the core consists f silty clay with contorted silt laminae nd beds. tttfrttf*3 -_-_-_-_-J 7

21 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 9H CORED mbsf SAND AND SEDIMENTARY CLASTS This core consists of an intercalation of fine sand containing mud clasts and intervals of large sedimentary clasts. Some clasts are contorted /6 7-4/2 M

22 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 10H CORED mbsf 934B-10H 1 MUD CLASTS AND SAND 6/4 This core consists of two main lithologies. Section 1, 0 cm, through Section 3, 58 cm, contains numerous mud clasts, in the main, clast supported. The interval Section 3, 58 cm, to the bottom of the core is composed of structureless very fine sand. 3 - General : Much of the sand in this core has been disturbed during recovery and, as such, contains no primary structure. 4-6 " 3/ M

23 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 11H CORED mbsf 934B-11H 1 SAND AND SILTY CLAY /1 This core contains massive fine, medium, and coarse sand, together with silty clay. Within an interval of silty clay (Section 1, cm), there are a number of silt laminae. General : The intervals that are described as "soupy" contain sands which have been disturbed during recovery, and, as such, contain no primary structure.

SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 12H CORED 102.5-108.

24 SITE 934 HOLE B CORE 12H CORED mbsf 934B-12H, 1 CO CD O SAND, SILTY CLAY, AND MUD CLASTS 1 " This core contains a highly disturbed and contorted assemblage of lithologies (?drilling slurry). 2 " 4 " 3/1 5/2

& $ CORED mbsf SITE 932 HOLE A. Graphic Lith. Section Age. Sample. Disturb. Meter. Color. Description. Structure. CALCAREOUS CLAY and CLAY

& $ CORED mbsf SITE 932 HOLE A. Graphic Lith. Section Age. Sample. Disturb. Meter. Color. Description. Structure. CALCAREOUS CLAY and CLAY SITE 932 HOLE A Meter 1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_ 6 : 3 α IV.V.V a πt = π 4..-.V. Section Age 1 2 3 4 CC late Pleistocene \ Holocene CORE & & $ Disturb 1H Sample S S S S I M Color 1YR 5/3 2. 4/2 4/1 CORED.-6. mbsf