Open-File Report 2002-002

SHIP:	R/V Atlantic Twin
CRUISE:	AT-88
CORE:	AT88-4
LENGTH:	644 cm
DATE OF CORE:	9/88
DESCRIBED BY:	N. Neff
LOCATION:	Southwest of Stratford Shoal, Long Island Sound
LATITUDE:	41o 06.4' N
LONGITUDE:	73o 09.2' W
LORAN:	26679.5, 44004.3
WATER DEPTH (m):	12
DATE SPLIT:	3/89
0 - 24 cm -	Dark olive gray, 5 Y 5/2, soupy silt. Small, whole shells present from 0 - 5 cm.
24 - 85 cm -	Void.
83 - 218 cm -	Dark olive gray, 5Y 3/2, firm, sandy silt. Horizontal sand layers at 88 cm and 98 cm. Vertical sand layer at 150 cm (infilled burrow - ); shell fragments at 203 cm. Sharp, horizontal lower contact.
218 - 480 cm -	Gray, 5Y 5/1, hard, medium to coarse sand. No structures. Gradational ( - ) lower contact coincident with end of cut section.
480 - 510 cm -	Gray, 5Y 5/1, firm, gravelly sand; largest clast 1 cm. Gradational lower contact.
510 - 650 cm	Olive gray, 5Y 6/2; firm, medium sand. Faint parallel laminations; dark: olive brown, light: light olive gray. Sharp, horizontal lower contact. 610 - 650 cm: several coarse sand layers lighter in color than medium sand matrix; section ends at 650 cm with a sand layer that acts as contact with next section.
630 - 644 cm -	Dark grayish brown, 2.5 Y 4/2, hard, medium sand. No structures.

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