Location: | Port Neches, Orange County, TX Latitude N30°01'24.94" Longitude W93°57'14.05" Water depth 0.89 m Length recovered 0.65 m Date obtained 06/16/2000 Date described 08/18/00 |
0-33 cm | Organic Mud Brownish black (5YR2/1) Top of section Ð organic spongy material Roots: 5% 0.5mm, 95% fibrous Middle to bottom of section Ð fibrous roots present but not common Spongy texture decreases and % mud increases with depth Some slight mottling at 27cm (med. gray (N5))
* gradational contact |
33-49 cm | Mud Med. dark gray (N4) to med. light gray (N6) Abundant mottling disseminated, mottling (dark gray (N3)) may represent original laminations Section becomes lighter down core Roots: 2% 0.5mm, 98% fibrous (random)
* gradational contact |
49-55 cm | Mud Med. gray (N5) to med. light gray (N6) Looks just like above section except large patches of oxidized organic material - light olive brown (5Y5/6) and mod. olive brown (5Y4/4) with dusky yellowish green (10GY3/2) and light olive (10Y5/4) Ð pelletlike features
* gradational contact Ð load feature? |
55-65 cm | Mud Olive gray (5Y 4/1) Slight organic mottling and more uniform brown color 61cm - small lens of v. fine-grained sand |