Location: | Port Neches, Orange County, TX Latitude N30°02'42.73" Longitude W93°55'17.72" Water depth 0.87 m Length recovered 1.05 m Date obtained 06/16/2000 Date described 08/15/00 |
0-2.5 cm | Mud Greenish black (5GY 2/1) V. hydrous, no noticeable roots
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2.5-6 cm | Sandy Mud Olive gray (5Y 4/1 - dark) with med. dark gray (N4) Hydrous, no noticeable roots
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6-23 cm | Organic Mud Olive black (5Y 2/1) Root mat: 2% 1 cm, 80% 1-3 cm, 18% fibrous with mud holding roots together
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23-37 cm | Organic Mud Olive black (5Y 2/1) Much less rooted and increase in % mud than above section Spongy texture Roots: 2% 0.2 mm Ð 95% fibrous
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37-43 cm | Organic Mud Brownish black (5YR 2/1) with grayish black (N2) Looks similar to above section but darker and more compact Still has spongy texture
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43-61 cm | Organic Mud Brownish black (5YR 2/1) with grayish black (N2) No spongy texture Ð more compact 49-51 cm mottled (light olive brown (5Y 5/6) area on right side Mottling also present toward bottom of section (olive gray (5Y 3/2)) Roots: ² 0.2 mm (random)
* distinct contact Ð root penetration, jagged edges |
61-87.5 cm | Mud Light olive brown (5Y 5/6) to light olive grayish brown (5Y 5/4) Oxidized paleosol Ð Deweyville 63-68.5cm and 71.5 cm mottling Ð organic Ð original laminations? Section lightens and mottling decreases down core Roots: fibrous (random)
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87.5-93 cm | Muddy Sand Light olive grayish brown (5Y 5/4) Oxidized fluvial sand Ð Deweyville V. little mud, organic mottling (light olive brown (5Y 5/6) with grayish black (N2) Roots: one, 1 mm root on right side of core at 92 cm |