Table T1. Core descriptions, Millville borehole, Leg 174AX.
Run number
Date
(2002)
Cored
interval
(ft)
Run length (ft)
Recovered (ft)
Recovery (%)
Lithology
Formation
1
4 May
 1.5–5 3.5 2.90 83 Coarse to very coarse sand Bridgeton
2
4 May
 5–9 4.0 2.40 60 Slightly silty sandy gravel Bridgeton
3
4 May
 9–12 3.0 2.40 80 Silty sand; medium to coarse gravely sand Bridgeton
4
4 May
 12–15 3.0 2.50 83 Coarse to very coarse sand Bridgeton
5
4 May
 15–15.5 0.5 0.50 100 Very coarse sand Bridgeton
6
4 May
 15.5–20 4.5 0.40 9 Slightly silty sandy gravel Bridgeton
7
4 May
 20–25 5.0 3.20 64 Silty medium to very coarse sand Bridgeton
8
4 May
 25–30 5.0 3.20 64 Fine to medium sand; gravel layer Bridgeton
9
4 May
 30–31 1.0 0.90 90 Gravelly medium to coarse sand; medium to coarse sand Bridgeton
10
5 May
 31–35 4.0 2.65 66 Gravelly medium to coarse sand; medium to coarse sand Bridgeton
11
5 May
 35–40 5.0 2.65 53 Medium to coarse sand; clay; gravel; 37.4 ft contact Bridgeton/Cohansey
12
5 May
 40–43 3.0 0.40 13 Medium to very coarse sand Cohansey
13
5 May
 43–48 5.0 3.90 78 Laminated silty clay with sand interbeds Cohansey
14
5 May
 48–50 2.0 1.85 93 Silty clay?? Cohansey
15
5 May
 50–55 5.0 4.00 80 Interbedded silty fine to very coarse sand and silty clay Cohansey
16
5 May
 55–60 5.0 4.15 83 Silty fine to medium sand Cohansey
17
5 May
 60–65 5.0 4.80 96 Silty fine to medium sand Cohansey
18
5 May
 65–70 5.0 4.50 90 Fine to medium sand w/clay laminae Cohansey
19
5 May
 70–75 5.0 4.40 88 Fine to medium sand Cohansey
20
5 May
 75–80 5.0 3.95 79 Fe-stained clayey sand Cohansey
21
5 May
 80–90 10.0 7.45 75 Silty fine to medium sand Cohansey
22
5 May
 90–100 10.0 9.25 93 Silty fine to medium sand Cohansey
23
6 May
 100–110 10.0 8.15 82 Alternating sand and clay; fine sand Cohansey
24
6 May
 110–114.5 4.5 3.90 87 Yellow clay; 111.4 ft contact; gray clay Cohansey
25
6 May
 114.5–120 5.5 4.70 85 Very dark gray clay; 115.3 ft contact; weathered clay; indurated zone; medium to coarse sand Cohansey
26
6 May
 120–124.5 4.5 2.60 58 Fine to coarse sand Cohansey
27
6 May
 124.5–130 5.5 2.25 41 Medium to very coarse sand; cyclic coarsening down Cohansey
28
6 May
 130–136 6.0 4.60 77 Medium to coarse sand; cyclic, coarsening down Cohansey
29
6 May
 136–140 4.0 2.90 73 Medium to coarse sand; cyclic, fining upward? Cohansey
30
6 May
 140–150 10.0 2.75 28 Medium to coarse sand Cohansey
31
6 May
 150–160 10.0 7.80 78 Medium sand; very fine sand; silty very fine sand with lignite Cohansey
32
6 May
 160–170 10.0 6.00 60 Interbedded clay, sand and silt Kirkwood
33
6 May
 170–180 10.0 4.90 49 Interbedded silty sand and sandy clay; mostly sand below 173 ft Kirkwood
34
7 May
 180–185 5.0 3.70 74 Interbedded silty sand and sandy clay Kirkwood
35
7 May
 185–190 5.0 4.30 86 Interbedded silty sand and sandy clay; burrowed contact at 185.7 ft Kirkwood
36
7 May
 190–200 10.0 9.20 92 Interbedded silty sand and sandy clay Kirkwood
37
7 May
 200–204 4.0 3.80 95 Silty sand Kirkwood
38
7 May
 204–210 6.0 0.80 13 Sand Kirkwood
39
7 May
 210–220 10.0 9.60 96 Silty sand Kirkwood
40
7 May
 220–225 5.0 4.65 93 Sand/clay contact Kirkwood
41
7 May
 225–230 5.0 4.40 88 Coarse to very coarse sand Kirkwood
42
7 May
 230–235 5.0 4.10 82 Coarse to very coarse sand Kirkwood
43
7 May
 235–240 5.0 3.60 72 Coarse to very coarse sand Kirkwood
44
8 May
 240–247.5 7.5 6.70 89 Coarse to very coarse sand Kirkwood
45
8 May
 247.5–255 7.5 7.50 100 Sand over laminated clay–silt/silty very fine sand Kirkwood
46
8 May
 255–262 7.0 6.00 86 Clay over sand Kirkwood
47
8 May
 262–270 8.0 6.40 80 Medium sand Kirkwood
48
8 May
 270–280 10.0 8.00 80 Interbedded sand Kirkwood
49
8 May
 280–290 10.0 6.30 63 Interbedded sand Kirkwood
50
8 May
 290–300 10.0 10.10 101 Sand Kirkwood
51
8 May
 300–310 10.0 5.85 59 Sand/clay contact Kirkwood
52
9 May
 310–320 10.0 9.50 95 Laminated clay/silt Kirkwood
53
13 May
 320–330 10.0 9.95 100 Laminated clay/silt Kirkwood
54
13 May
 330–340 10.0 8.50 85 Laminated clay/silt Kirkwood
55
13 May
 340–350 10.0 0.40 4 Clay Kirkwood
56
13 May
 350–355 5.0 0.40 8 Clay Kirkwood
56A
13 May–14 May
 ?340.5–345? 0.0 3.30 34 Silty clay Kirkwood
57
14 May
 355–359 4.0 3.10 78 Slightly glauconitic clay contact slightly micaceous silty clay Kirkwood
58
14 May
 359–369 10.0 10.60 106 Slightly shelly to shelly silty clay Kirkwood
59
14 May
 369–379 10.0 10.50 105 Shelly silty clay; shell bed; 372.1 ft contact; uniform silty clay Kirkwood
60
14 May
 379–389 10.0 7.00 70 Uniform silty clay grading down to clay Kirkwood
61
14 May
 389–400 11.0 10.40 95 Clay; interbedded clay and silty clay; silty clay Kirkwood
62
14 May
 400–410 10.0 9.95 100 Slightly silty, slightly shelly clay; granuliferous silty, shelly, fine quartz sand Kirkwood
63
14 May
 410–420 10.0 7.45 75 Granuliuferous quartz sand/quartz–glauconite sand upper Shark River
64
15 May
 420–430 10.0 10.10 101 Shelly glauconitic medium sand upper Shark River
65
15 May
 430–440 10.0 0.60 6 Shelly glauconitic medium sand upper Shark River
66
15 May
 440–450 10.0 9.40 94 Shelly glauconite sand/thin clay beds upper Shark River
67
15 May
 450–460 10.0 10.00 100 Shelly glauconite sand and sandy clay upper Shark River
68
15 May
 460–470 10.0 7.90 79 Shelly glauconite sand and sandy clay upper Shark River
69
15 May
 470–480 10.0 9.50 95 Shelly glauconite sand and sandy clay upper Shark River
70
15 May
 480–490 10.0 7.75 78 Shelly glauconite sand and sandy clay upper Shark River
71
16 May
 490–500 10.0 9.95 100 Slightly shelly clayey glauconite–quartz sand with quartz glauconite sand interbeds upper Shark River
72
16 May
 500–510 10.0 10.20 102 Shelly clayey glauconite–quartz sand, claying down upper Shark River
73
16 May
 510–520 10.0 10.40 104 Clayey glauconite quartz sand with increasing clay upper Shark River
74
16 May
 520–530 10.0 10.00 100 Interbedded clayey glauconite quartz sand and glauconitic clay upper Shark River
75
16 May
 530–540 10.0 10.20 102 Shelly slightly clayey to clayey glauconitic quartz sand upper Shark River
76
16 May
 540–550 10.0 8.30 83 Shelly clayey glauconitic quartz sand; clay beds at 556.9–7.1 and 557.6–7.9 ft upper Shark River
77
16 May
 550–555 5.0 4.90 98 Shelly clayey glauconitic medium quartz sand grading down to glauconitic granuliferous medium to very coarse quartz sand upper Shark River
78
16 May
 555–560 5.0 5.80 116 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
79
16 May
 560–570 10.0 8.90 89 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
80
17 May
 570–580 10.0 9.70 97 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
81
17 May
 580–590 10.0 10.30 103 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
82
17 May
 590–600 10.0 10.50 105 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
83
17 May
 600–610 10.0 10.40 104 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
84
17 May
 610–620 10.0 9.45 95 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
85
17 May
 620–625 5.0 0.50 10 Interbedded sandy clay and clayey medium to coarse sand upper Shark River
86
17 May
 625–630 5.0 4.90 98 Burrowed fine to medium glauconitic sand upper Shark River
87
17 May
 630–640 10.0 10.30 103 Medium glauconite sand; abundant mud–lined burrows upper Shark River
88
17 May
 640–650 10.0 3.75 38 Medium glauconite sand; abundant mud–lined burrows; 640.35 ft contact; underlain by silty clay with glauconite–filled burrows upper Shark River/lower Shark River
89
18 May
 650–651 1.0 0.00 0
lower Shark River
90
18 May
 651–657.5 6.5 6.50 100 Silty clay lower Shark River
91
18 May
 657.5–665 7.5 7.20 96 Clay lower Shark River
92
18 May
 665–670 5.0 5.45 109 Clay lower Shark River
93
19 May
 670–675 5.0 4.70 94 Silt lower Shark River
94
19 May
 675–680 5.0 3.30 66 Silt with thin clay interbeds lower Shark River
95
19 May
 680–684 4.0 3.70 93 Silt with thin clay interbeds lower Shark River
96
19 May
 684–694 10.0 10.10 101 Interbedded silt/clay with glauconite at base lower Shark River
97
19 May
 694–700 6.0 5.00 83 Clayey silt with increasing glauconite lower Shark River
98
19 May
 700–710 10.0 10.70 107 Laminated clayey silt and clay lower Shark River
99
19 May
 710–720 10.0 9.85 99 Silty clay with porcellanite lower Shark River
100
20 May
 720–730 10.0 3.40 34 Clay lower Shark River
101
20 May
 730–740 10.0 4.25 43 Clay; 731.9 ft contact lower Shark River/Manasquan
102
20 May
 740–745 5.0 5.80 116 Foraminiferal rich clay Manasquan
103
20 May
 745–754 9.0 9.30 103 Foraminiferal rich clay Manasquan
104
20 May
 754–760 6.0 5.40 90 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
105
20 May
 760–770 10.0 9.80 98 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
106
21 May
 770–780 10.0 8.20 82 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
107
21 May
 780–790 10.0 6.40 64 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
108
21 May
 790–797.5 7.5 8.00 107 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
109
21 May
 797.5–803 5.5 4.50 82 Foraminiferal rich clay and minor claystone Manasquan
110
22 May
 803–806 3.0 1.25 42 Foraminiferal rich clay Manasquan
111
22 May
 806–810 4.0 2.80 70 Foraminiferal rich clay, slightly glauconitic Manasquan
112
22 May
 810–816 6.0 5.40 90 Foraminiferal rich clay, slightly glauconitic Manasquan
113
22 May
 816–820 4.0 5.20 130 Clay Manasquan
114
22 May
 820–830 10.0 8.15 82 Clay Manasquan
115
22 May
 830–840 10.0 4.50 45 Clay, slightly glauconitic Manasquan
116
23 May
 840–850 10.0 8.50 85 Clay, slightly glauconitic; 847 ft contact Manasquan/Vincentown
117
23 May
 850–860 10.0 10.10 101 Silty clay to clay Vincentown
118
23 May
 860–870 10.0 10.50 105 Clay Vincentown
119
23 May
 870–880 10.0 10.45 105 Clay Vincentown
120
23 May
 880–890 10.0 10.55 106 Clay Vincentown
121
24 May
 890–900 10.0 10.65 107 Clay; 899.25 ft contact; glauconitic clay Vincentown
122
24 May
 900–910 10.0 10.50 105 Glauconitic silty clay Vincentown
123
24 May
 910–920 10.0 10.30 103 Glauconitic silty to slightly silty clay Vincentown
124
29 May
 908B–910B 10.0 2.60 26 Glauconitic silty to slightly silty clay Vincentown
125
29 May
 910B–920B 10.0 10.25 103 Slightly glauconitic clayey silt Vincentown
126
29 May
 920–930 10.0 10.40 104 Slightly silty clay Vincentown
127
29 May
 930–937 7.5 7.70 103 Clay and silty clay Vincentown
128
30 May
 937–940 2.5 2.60 104 Micaceous, slightly glauconitic silty clay Vincentown
129
30 May
 940–950 10.0 9.70 97 Micaceous, slightly glauconitic silty clay Vincentown
130
30 May
 950–957.5 7.5 7.60 101 Micaceous, slightly glauconitic silty clay Vincentown
131
30 May
 957.5–960 2.5 2.33 93 Micaceous, slightly glauconitic silty clay; shell concentration at 959.1 ft Vincentown
132
30 May
 960–970 10.0 10.12 101 Glauconitic silty clay to very glauconitic clay Vincentown
133
30 May
 970–980 10.0 10.15 102 Glauconite sand; 970.2 ft contact Vincentown/Hornerstown
134
31 May
 980–985 5.0 5.20 104 Glauconite sand; clay with some glauconite sand, contact at 983.3 ft Hornerstown/New Egypt
135
31 May
 985–995 10.0 10.40 104 Clayey glauconite sand; clay with glauconite New Egypt
136
31 May
 995–1000 5.0 4.70 94 Clay with glauconitic sand New Egypt
137
31 May
 1000–1010 10.0 10.20 102 Silty clay with glauconite sand New Egypt
138

31 May

 1010–1020 10.0 6.40 64 Cemented foraminiferal rich clay and clayey glauconite sand Red Bank/ Navesink
138A 1 Jun         Note: recovered 1.3 ft lost from bottom of Run 38 yesterday; added to 5.1 ft recovered yesterday  
139 1 Jun 1020–1030 10.0 9.10 91 Burrowed clayey silt with glauconitic sand Navesink
140
1 Jun
 1030–1040 10.0 10.20 102 Burrowed clayey silt or silty clay with and glauconite sand and some quartz sand; claystone; 1032.9 ft contact Navesink/Mount Laurel–Wenonah
141
1 Jun
 1040–1050 10.0 9.90 99 Clayey silt with increasing glauconite downward; glauconite sand at base; 1049.7 ft contact Mount Laurel–Wenonah/Marshalltown
142
1 Jun
 1050–1060 10.0 10.10 101 Very silty sand or sandy silt; glauconite–rich; burrowed; 1059.5 ft contact Marshalltown/Englishtown
143
1 Jun
 1060–1070 10.0 9.60 96 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
144
2 Jun
 1070–1080 10.0 8.65 87 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
145
2 Jun
 1080–1090 10.0 10.30 103 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
146
2 Jun
 1090–1100 10.0 10.10 101 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
147
13 Jun
 1070–1080B 10.0 8.50 85 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
148
13 Jun
 1080–1090B 10.0 7.40 74 Very fine to fine, silty sand; 1086.85 ft contact Englishtown
149
13 Jun
 1090–1100B 10.0 3 27 Very fine to fine, silty sand Englishtown
150
14 Jun
 1100–1110B 10.0 2.10 21 Micaceous, slightly sandy silty clay Woodbury
151
14 Jun
 1110–1120B 10.0 10.00 100 Micaceous, slightly sandy, slightly glauconitic silty clay Woodbury
152
14 Jun
 1120–1130 10.0 9.90 99 Micaceous, slightly sandy, slightly glauconitic silty clay Woodbury
153
14 Jun
 1130–1140 10.0 10.50 105 Slightly micaceous glauconitic silty clay Woodbury
154
15 Jun
 1140–1150 10.0 10.20 102 Slightly micaceous silty clay Woodbury
155
15 Jun
 1150–1160 10.0 10.40 104 Micaceous silty clay Woodbury
156
15 Jun
 1160–1170 10.0 4.70 47 Micaceous silty clay Woodbury
157
15 Jun
 1170–1180 10.0 10.25 103 Micaceous clay Woodbury
158
15 Jun
 1180–1190 10.0 7.60 76 Clayey silt Woodbury
159
16 Jun
 1190–1200 10.0 10.35 104 Silty clay Woodbury
160
16 Jun
 1200–1210 10.0 10.60 106 Silty clay Woodbury
161
16 Jun
 1210–1220 10.0 10.65 107 Clay changing to clayey glauconite sand; 1210.9 ft contact Woodbury/Merchantville
162
16 Jun
 1220–1230 10.0 10.30 103 Clayey glauconite sand Merchantville
163
16 Jun
 1230–1240 10.0 10.00 100 Clayey glauconite sand Merchantville
164
17 Jun
 1240–1245 5.0 4.60 92 Clayey glauconite sand Merchantville
165
17 Jun
 1245–1250 5.0 5.90 118 Clayey glauconite sand; sand and interbedded clay; 1246.25 ft contact Merchantville/Cheesequake
166
17 Jun
 1250–1260 10.0 7.90 79 Clayey sand over oxidized sand, silt, and clay; 1254.4 ft contact Cheesequake/Magothy
167
17 Jun
 1260–1270 10.0 3.20 32 Mottled clay Magothy
168
17 Jun
 1270–1280 10.0 10.40 104 Mottled clay; gray clay at bottom Magothy
169
18 Jun
 1280–1285 5.0 4.95 99 Gray silty clay Magothy
170
18 Jun
 1285–1292 7.0 7.30 104 Gray silty clay Magothy
171
18 Jun
 1292–1300 8.0 0.20 3 Sandstone Magothy
172
18 Jun
 1300–1310 10.0 1.70 17 Sandstone; 1300.6 ft contact; gray shelly, silty clay Magothy/Bass River
173
18 Jun
 1310–1318.5 8.5 8.50 100 Gray shelly, silty clay Bass River
174
19 Jun
 1318.5–1320 1.5 1.20 80 Shelly micaceous very slightly silty clay Bass River
175
19 Jun
 1320–1330 10.0 6.15 62 Shelly micaceous clay Bass River
176
19 Jun
 1330–1340 10.0 3.25 33 Shelly slightly micaceous very slightly silty clay Bass River
177
19 Jun
 1340–1350 10.0 8.10 81 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
178
19 Jun
 1350–1360 10.0 10.55 106 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
179
20 Jun
 1360–1370 10.0 5.95 60 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
180
20 Jun
 1370–1380 10.0 9.00 90 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
181
20 Jun
 1380–1390 10.0 7.75 78 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
182
20 Jun
 1390–1400 10.0 4.40 44 Shelly slightly micaceous silty clay Bass River
183
21 Jun
 1400–1410 10.0 0.65 7 Slightly glauconitic shelly sandstone Bass River
184
21 Jun
 1410–1420 10.0 6.80 68 Silt; glauconite sand; silt; clay Bass River
185
21 Jun
 1420–1430 10.0 9.20 92 Clay; 1422.1 ft contact? Bass River/Potomac
186
21 Jun
 1430–1435 5.0 5.00 100 Clay Potomac
187
22 Jun
 1425–1440 5.0 1.65 33 Clay Potomac
188
22 Jun
 1440–1450 10.0 2.65 27 Clay Potomac
189
22 Jun
 1450–1452 2.0 2.15 108 Clay Potomac
190
22 Jun
 1452–1460 8.0 2.30 29 Clay Potomac
191
22 Jun
 1460–1470 10.0 2.10 21 Clay Potomac
192
23 Jun
 1470–1480 10.0 5.35 54 Clay Potomac
193
23 Jun
 1480–1490 10.0 3.00 30 Clay Potomac
194
23 Jun
 1490–1500 10.0 5.50 55 Clay Potomac