Table 4. Site 1043 lithologic summary.						

"Notes: Ash below Core 18X was thixotropic at time of recovery. A = abundant, C+ = very common,  C = common, C- = somewhat common,and T = trace. Rads = radiolarians, forams = foraminifers, nannos = nannofossils, spicules = sponge spicules, framboids = pyri"						

Core	Major lithology	Color	Fossils	Diagenesis	Minor lithology	A/C/T

170-1043A-						
1H	1) matrix-supported breccia in silty clay with diatoms	Olive green	"C: forams, diatoms"	T: framboids	1) Olive green sandy silt w/forams	T
	2) clay with diatoms		T-A: nannofossils		"2) clasts of claystone, ashy claystone, chalk, diatom clayst. in breccia"	C
			"T: rads, spicules, fish parts, pollen, wood, shark tooth"		3) med. gray ashy clay pod	T

2H	1) matrix-supported breccia	Olive green	C: diatoms	T-C-: framboids	"Clasts of claystone, nanno. chalk, diatom clayst., ashy claystone, silty claystone, clayey silt in breccia"	C
	2) clast supported breccia		"T-C: rads, spicules"			
	3) diatomaceous clay		"T: nannos, forams, silicos, fish parts, peloids, plants"			C

3X	1) matrix-supported breccia	Olive green	"T: diatoms, rads"	T: framboids	"Clasts of dark olive green silty claystone with trace of nannos, forams"	C
	2) silty clay					

4X	1) silty clay	Dark olive green	"T: Nannos, forams, spicules,  rads"	T: framboids	1 mm lens ivory white diatomaceous nannofossil ooze	T
	2) clay	Light olive green	C-: diatoms			

5X	Silty clay	Dark olive green	"C-T: diatoms, nannos, rads, T: spicules, fish remains"	T-C-: framboids	"Dark green clasts of clay with ash, forams"	

6X	Silty clay	Olive green	C-:nannos and forams	T: disseminated gas hydrate	1) dark olive to black silt with abundant opaques and few diatoms	T
			"T: rads, spicules"	C-: framboids	2) white clayey spicule ooze	T
					3) clay with lithic-vitric ash	T

7X	Silty clay	Olive green	"T C-: nannos, diatoms, spicules"	"T: disseminated gas hydrate, framboids"	1) olive green foraminifer-rich silt	T
			T C: forams		2) clay with lithic vitric ash	T

8X	Silty clay	Dark olive green to light olive green	"T-C-: fish parts, diatoms, forams"	"T: framboids, (dolomite?)"	1) dark gray sandy silt	T
			T-A: nannofossils	T: disseminated gas hydrate	2) yellowish brown nannofossil ooze	T
			"T: spicules, spores"				

9X	1) silty clay	Dark olive green	"T-C-: fish parts, peloids"	"T: framboids,  dolomite"	1) light gray pod of crystal vitric ash	T	
	2) clay with ash	Olive green	"T: nannos, forams, diatoms, spicules"		2) brownish gray pod of  vitric ash with dolomite	T	
					3) lt green calcareous dolomite	T	

10X	1) silty clay to clayey silt	Dark olive green	"T: nannos, forams, diatoms, spicules, fish, peloids"	T-C-: framboids	1) medium green layer of crystal-lithic ash	T	
	2) clay with ash	Olive green			2) dark gray clayey silt	T	

11X	1) matrix supported breccia with clasts of clay and silt in a silty sand matrix with diatoms	Dark olive green	C+-C-:  diatoms	"T-C-: carbonate (calcite, dolomite)"	1) gray green crystal-lithic-vitric ash	C	
	2) silty clay with foraminifers	Olive green	T-C: forams	T: framboids	2) green lithic-vitric ash with clay	C	
			"T: nannos, spicules, fish"		3) dark gray calc. silty sand	T	
					4) wh. nanno ooze		T

12X	1) silty clay	Dark olive green	T C-: forams	T: framboids	1) matrix supported breccia	C	
	2) clayey silt with foraminifers	Olive green	"T: nannos, diatoms, fish"		2) grayish green calcareous clay		T

13X	1) silty clay	Dk olive green	T C-: fish parts	T C+: framboids	Black 2-mm layer of clayey silt with fish remains	T
	2) clayey silt with ash	Med. olive green	"T: rads, spicules"	Silica dissolution		
			T C-: diatoms			

14X	1) silty clay with nannos	Med. olive green	"T: diatoms, rads, spicules"	T C: framboids	Medium green lithic-vitric ash with clay	T
	2) silty clay		C-: fish parts	Silica dissolution		
			T C-: nannos			

15X	Silty clay	Medium olive green	C-: diatoms	T: framboids	Gray crystal-vitric ash	T
			"T: forams, nannos, rads, spicules, fish"	Silica dissolution		

16X	1) silty clay	Medium olive green	"C-: nannos, T: rads, diatoms, spicules"	T: framboids	1) ashy sand w/ glauconite	C
	2) sandy silt	Dark olive green		Silica dissolution	2) vitric ash	T
					3) lt. brown micritic ooze with nannos	T
					4) nannofossil ooze	

17X	1) silty clay	Dark olive green to medium olive green	T-C+: diatoms	T-C-: framboids	1) lt. green lithic vitric ash with clay	C	
	2) clay		"T: nannos, forams, silicos, spicules,  fish"	T: dolomite	2) light gray vitric ash	T	
	3) silty clay with diatoms				"3) dark gray sandy silt with ash, diatoms"	C	

18X	1) diatomaceous ooze with ash	Grayish green	A: diatoms	"T: framboids, carbonate"	1) dark gray crystal-vitric ash	T	
	2) calcareous diatomaceous ooze with ash 	Dark olive green	T-C: nannos		2) very dark gray vitric ash with clay	T	
			"T: forams, rads, silicos, fish"				

19H	1) ooze with diatoms and nannofossils	Olive green	C+-A: diatoms	T-C: framboids	1) black vitric ash with pyrite	T	
	2) diatomaceous ooze	Grayish green	C: nannos		2) light gray vitric ash	T	
			"T: forams, rads, silicos, fish"		3) black crystal-vitric ash	T	
					4) pinkish brown crystal-vitric ash		T

20X	1) diatomaceous ooze with nannofossils and ash	Dark olive green	A: diatoms	T: framboids	1) Dark gray ash-rich silty sand	T	
	2) diatomaceous ooze with nannofossils	Medium green	C-C+: nannos				
			T-C-:forams			
			"T: silicos, spicules"			

21X	1) diatomaceous ooze	Grayish green	A: diatoms	"T: framboids, dolomite"	1) 3 layers of light to dark brown vitric ash	T
	2) clay with diatoms	Greenish gray	"T: nannos, formas, rads, silicos, spicules, fish"		2) brownish gray crystal-vitric ash	T
	3) silty clay with ash	Dark greenish gray			3) greenish gray clay 	

22X	1) clay	Grayish olive green to grayish green	"C: nannos, forams, diatoms"	"T: framboids, dolomite"	Light gray crystal-vitric ash	T
	2) silty clay with diatoms and nannofossils		C-: rads			
			"T: spicules, fish, silicos"			

23X	Silty clay with diatoms	Olive green 	C: diatoms	T: framboids	Dark brown silty clay	T
			C-: nannos			
			"T: rads, silicos, spicules"			

24X	Silty clay	Dark grayish green	"C-: rads, diatoms"	T: framboids	Light brownish gray vitric ash	T
			"T: nannos, forams, spicules"			

25X	Clay	Medium green to grayish green	"C-: nannos, diatoms, spicules"	T: framboids	Brown ash	T
			"T: forams, rads"			

26X	1) clay	Light greenish gray to green	C+: nannos	"T: framboids, dolomite"	Brown ash	T
	2) clay with nannofossils		"C: spicules, diatoms"		Light gray vitric ash	
			C-: rads			
			T: silicos			

27X	1) calcareous ooze with nannofossils	Light green	C+: nannos	T: framboids	"1) brown and gray vitric ashes, some with clay or framboids"	C
	2) clay	Grayish green	"T: diatoms, sponge spicules, fish remains"		2) black clay with framboids	T
					3) dark gray ashy clay	T

28X	1) nannofossil ooze	Light greenish gray	A: nannos	"T: dolomite, framboids"	"Grayish brown vitric and lithic-vitric ashes, some mixed with clay"	C-
	2) nannofossil ooze with diatoms	Medium green	"T-C-: forams, diatoms"			
	3) clayey nannofossil ooze	Grayish green	"T: fish, peloids"			

29X	1) clay with diatoms	Dark grayish green	T-A: nannos	T-C-: carbonate	1) dark gray layers and pods of vitric ash	T
	2) calcareous ooze with diatoms	Light greenish gray	C+: diatoms	Silica dissolution	2) brownish gray ooze with vitric ash	C-
			"T: rads, spicules, fish, plant debris"			

30X	1) diatomaceous nannofossil ooze (firm)	Ivory white to gray	C-A: nannos	T: framboids	1) brown vitric ash	T
	2) diatomaceous ooze with nannofossils (very firm)	Greenish gray	C+-A: diatoms	Silica dissolution	2) medium gray diatomaceous ooze with spicules	T
			"T-C: rads, spicules"			
			T: fish parts