Open-File Report 2002-002

SHIP:	R/V Atlantic Twin
CRUISE:	AT-88
CORE:	AT88-3
LENGTH:	417 cm
DATE OF CORE:	9/88
DESCRIBED BY:	N. Neff
LOCATION:	Southeast of Norwalk Island, Long Island Sound
LATITUDE:	41o 03.2' N
LONGITUDE:	73o 18.5' W
LORAN:	26750.1, 43990.0
WATER DEPTH (m):	17
DATE SPLIT:	5/89
0 - 68 cm -	Dark olive gray, 5Y 3/2, stiff sandy silt grading down - section to silty sand; few shell fragments in upper 20 cm. Medium sand layer 2 - 4 cm thick at 30 cm. Sharp, horizontal lower contact.
68 - 170 cm -	Light brownish gray, 10 YR 6/2, hard medium to coarse sand. Few gravel clasts at 75 - 85 cm. Gradational lower contact.
170 - 190 cm -	Grayish brown, 10 YR 5/2, firm, gravelly sand. Pebbles scattered throughout; largest clast: 1 cm. Gradational lower contact.
190 - 332 cm -	Light brownish gray, 10 YR 6/2, firm, medium to coarse sand. Few gravel clasts scattered throughout. Gradational lower contact.
332 - 361 cm -	Grayish brown, 10 YR 5/2, firm, gravelly sand. Few pebbles scattered throughout; largest clast: 2 cm. Gradational lower contact.
361 - 417 cm -	Lite brownish gray, 10 YR 6/2, hard, medium to coarse sand. 564 - 385 cm: faint, slightig finer - grained, dark, inclined laminae. 385 - 388 cm: inclined, gravelly sand layer. 388 - 417 cm: faint laminae. 398 cm: dusky red (10 R 3/2), finer - grained laminae, less than I cm thick, very distinct.

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