| | Appendix B: Core DescriptionsCore BH-00-06 [larger image 148K] | Location: | Port Neches, Orange County, TX Latitude N30°00'50.79" Longitude W93°54'46.69" Water depth 0.53 m Length recovered 0.77 m Date obtained 06/16/2000 Date described 08/18/00 | 0-12 cm | Organic Mud Brownish black (5YR2/1) Root mat: 10% 1.5-2 cm, 20% 1-2 mm, 70% <1mm-fibrous 8-12cm - right side of core differs from above and has less than or equal to 0.5mm-fibrous roots and spongy texture (which grades into section below)
* gradational contact | 12-41 cm | Mud Med. light gray (N6) and med. dark gray (N4) Abundant mottling but decreasing with depth 51-52 cm mottling resembles laminations Roots: <1 mm (random) 64-65 cm oxidized organic lens grayish green (10GY 5/2) (v. small pelletlike) 70-77cm color changes gradually to a darker shade of olive gray (5Y4/1) Ð more uniform brown color, 1-2 mm roots (v. random) | 41-77cm | Mud Pale olive (10Y6/2) Roots: 5% less than or equal to 0.5mm, 95% fibrous (random)
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