Table T1. Core descriptions.
Run number
Date
(2004)
Cored
interval (ft)
Run
length (ft)
Recovery
Lithology
Formation
Sequence
Dominant color
(ft)
(%)
1 29 Sep 0–3 3.0 1.47 49 Medium–coarse granuliferous sand Cape May Formation Unit II
Olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6)
2 29 Sep 3–7 4.0 1.25 31 Medium sand and gravel beds
Olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6)
3 29 Sep 7–11 4.0 2.25 56 Medium sand and gravel beds
Gray (10YR 6/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3)
4 29 Sep 11–15 4.0 3.5 88 Fine–very fine sand
Light brownish gray and grayish brown (2.5Y 6/2-5/2)
5 29 Sep 15–20 5.0 2.5 50 Fine–medium sand
Light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2)
6 29 Sep 20–21 1.0 0.5 50 very fine to fine sand
Light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3)
7 29 Sep 21–27 6.0 3.3 55 Interbedded gravels, sands, and clays
Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4)
8 29 Sep 27–35 8.0 2.05 26 Sand and gravel
Light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4)
9 29 Sep 35–40 6.0 2 33 Coarse to very fine sand Cape May Formation Unit II/I
Pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4)
10 29 Sep 40–48 7.0 4 57 Sand Cape May Formation Unit I
Light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4)
11 30 Sep 48–55 7.0 6.2 89 Shelly sand and woody shelly sand
Brown (10YR 5/3) and greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 5/1)
12 30 Sep 55–60 5.0 1 20 Fine to medium woody sand
Greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 5/1)
13 30 Sep 60–70 10.0 6.65 67 Sand over clay–silt
Greenish gray (Gley 2 5BG 5/1) and dark greenish gray (Gley 2 5BG 4/1)
14 30 Sep 70–75 5.0 4.7 94 Silty clay and very fine sandy silt
Dark greenish gray (Gley 2 5BG 4/1)
15 30 Sep 75–80 5.0 5 100 Shelly clay with interbedded sand

16 30 Sep 80–90 10.0 5.5 55 Clay
Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10GY 4/1)
17 30 Sep 90–97 7.0 3 43 Clay over gravelly sand; recovered interval is 91–94 ft; contact at 93.6 ft Cape May Formation Unit I/Stone Harbor Formation
Dark bluish gray (Gley 2 10B 4/1) and greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
18 30 Sep 97–100 3.0 1.1 37 Coarse to very coarse sand Stone Harbor Formation
Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
19 30 Sep 100–105 5.0 1.9 38 Sand and gravel
Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
20 30 Sep 105–110 5.0 3.5 70 Sand and gravel
Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
21 30 Sep 110–117 7.0 3.2 46 Sand and gravel
Gray (5YR 5/1) and light gray (5YR 7/1)
22 30 Sep 117–125 8.0 0 0 No recovery

23 1 Oct 125–130 5.0 4.4 88 Coarse and medium sands
Reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) and gray (5YR 6/1)
24 1 Oct 130–138 8.0 7.1 89 Very fine silty sand to mud
Gray (Gley 1 N 5/)
25 2 Oct 138–140 2.0 1.55 78 Silty clay
Very dark gray (Gley 1 N 3/)
26 2 Oct 140–150 10.0 3.05 31 Medium to fine sand
Greenish gray (Gley 1 5/1)
27 3 Oct 150–155 5.0 1.51 30 Fine sandy clay
Very dark gray (Gley 1 N 3/)
28 3 Oct 155–160 5.0 3.25 65 Medium sand with sandy clay
Dark gray (Gley 1 N 4/)
29 3 Oct 160–167 7.0 6.62 95 Medium to coarse sand
Greenish gray (Gley 1 5/1)
30 3 Oct 167–175 8.0 4.3 54 Coarse sand over very coarse sand, gravel and lignite beds
Dark gray (Gley 1 N 4/)
31 3 Oct 175–180 5.0 5 100 Clayey sand over coarse sand fining to fine sand
Gray (Gley 1 N 5/)
32 3 Oct 180–185 5.0 0.4 8 Coarse sand
Very dark gray (Gley 1 N 3/)
33 3 Oct 185–190 5.0 5.4 108 Very clayey sand to clayey sand with pockets of sandy silty clay
Light greenish gray (Gley 1 7/1)
34 3 Oct 190–200 10.0 10.15 102 Silty clay over slightly micaceous clay
Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
35 3 Oct 200–210 10.0 8.5 85 Coarse sand with clay interbeds
Light gray (Gley 1 N 7/)
36 3 Oct 210–220 10.0 6.8 68 Coarse sand with abundant gravels
Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 4/1)
37 3 Oct 220–230 10.0 5.55 56 Medium to coarse sand with clay lenses Stone Harbor Formation/Cohansey Formation
Gray (Gley 1 N 5/)
38 3 Oct 230–240 10.0 7.2 72 Medium to coarse sand with clay lenses; contact at 231.4 ft Cohansey Formation
Olive gray (5Y 5/2)
39 4 Oct 240–245 5.0 2.2 44 Medium to coarse sand
Dark brown (7.5YR 3/2)
40 4 Oct 245–250 5.0 3.65 73 Medium sand
Very dark gray (5Y 3/1)
41 4 Oct 250–260 10.0 8.75 88 Medium sand
Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
42 4 Oct 260–270 10.0 10 100 Interbedded clay and sand Cohansey Formation
Very dark gray (5Y 3/1)
43 4 Oct 270–280 10.0 4.45 45 Interbedded clay and sand
Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
44 4 Oct 280–290 10.0 5.65 57 Interbedded clay and sand
Light greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 7/1)
45 4 Oct 290–300 10.0 5.8 58 Interbedded clay and sand; contact at 293.3 ft Cohansey Formation/Kirkwood Formation
Greenish black (Gley 1 5G 2.5/1)
46 4 Oct 300–310 10.0 4.8 48 Interbedded clay and sand Kirkwood Formation Ch1 Greenish gray (Gley 1 10GY 5/1)
47 4 Oct 310–320 10.0 4.5 45 Laminated to interbedded clay and silt Greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 5/1)
48 5 Oct 320–325.5 5.5 4.6 84 Silty clays over shelly sandy clayey silt Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
49 5 Oct 325.5–327.5 2.0 1.3 65 Medium sand Kw3 Greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 5/1)
50 5 Oct 327.5–330 2.5 1.5 60 Sand and interbedded silty sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
51 5 Oct 330–332 2.0 1.8 90 Fine to medium sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
52 5 Oct 332–340 8.0 7.6 95 Interbedded sand and silty sand over clay Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
53 5 Oct 340–350 10.0 2.5 25 Silty clay Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 3/1)
54 5 Oct 350–355 5.0 3.4 68 Silty clay with shells Dark greenish gray (10GY 4/1)
55 5 Oct 355–360 5.0 4.8 96 Silty sand Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
56 5 Oct 360–370 10.0 10 100 Silty sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
57 6 Oct 370–380 10.0 3.8 38 Clay Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
58 6 Oct 380–390 10.0 9.7 97 Clay Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
59 6 Oct 390–400 10.0 9.6 96 Silty clay to clayey silt Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
60 6 Oct 400–410 10.0 10 100 Silt to silty sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
61 6 Oct 410–414.5 4.5 4.3 96 Medium sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10GY 4/1)
62 6 Oct 414.5–420 5.5 1.2 22 Sandstone; contact at 415.7 ft Kw3/Kw2b Light bluish gray (Gley 2 10B 7/1)
63 6 Oct 420–430 10.0 4.3 43 Fine sand Kw2b Very dark greenish gray (Gley 2 10BG 3/1)
64 7 Oct 430–438.5 8.5 8.5 100 Shelly fine sand Greenish black (Gley 1 10GY 2.5/1)
65 7 Oct 438.5–439.7 1.2 1 83 Dolomitic(?) sandstone Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
66 7 Oct 439.7–450 10.3 5.45 53 Sand and sandy mud with shells Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 3/1)
67 7 Oct 450–460 10.0 5.2 52 Muddy sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
68 7 Oct 460–470 10.0 10.1 101 Muddy sand with shells Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 3/1)
69 7 Oct 470–480 10.0 10.35 104 Muddy sand with shells Greenish gray (Gley 1 10GY 5/1)
70 7 Oct 480–490 10.0 10.05 101 Interbedded clays and silts, organic rich Grey (Gley 1 N 5/)
71 7 Oct 490–500 10.0 3.9 39 Laminated clay with interbedded sands Dark gray (5Y 4/1)
72 7 Oct 500–510 10.0 10.3 103 Slightly clayey silt with very fine sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 5GY 4/1)
73 8 Oct 510–520 10.0 6.2 62 Medium to coarse sand with abundant shell fragments; contact at 515.7 ft Kw2b/Kw2a Gray (10YR 6/1)
74 8 Oct 520–530 10.0 7.2 72 Slightly shelly micaceous silty clays Kw2a
75 8 Oct 530–533.5 3.5 3.85 110 Clayey shelly medium sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 4/1)
76 8 Oct 533.5–540 6.5 5.9 91 Medium to coarse sand over muddy fine sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 4/1)
77 8 Oct 540–550 10.0 10.4 104 Shelly clayey medium sand; contact at 549.3 Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
78 8 Oct 550–558.5 8.5 7.1 84 Laminated silty clay
79 8 Oct 558.5–567 8.5 8.9 105 Silty very fine sand over laminated clays and silts with shells Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
80 8 Oct 567–575 8.0 4.6 58 Laminated clay Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
81 9 Oct 575–580 5.0 2.95 59 Laminated clay with interbedded very fine sand Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
82 9 Oct 580–584 4.0 4 100 Laminated clay with interbedded very fine sand Greenish black (Gley 1 10Y 2.5/1)
83 9 Oct 584–590 6.0 6.15 103 Silty clay Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
84 9 Oct 590–600 10.0 10.3 103 Laminated silty clay Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
85 9 Oct 600–610 10.0 10.5 105 Laminated silty clay Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
86 9 Oct 610–620 10.0 10.4 104 Laminated silty clay Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 4/1)
87 9 Oct 620–625 5.0 4.05 81 Finely laminated silty clay Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 4/1)
88 10 Oct 625–629 4.0 3.2 80 Granuliferous sand Greenish gray (10Y 5/1)
89 10 Oct 629–639.5 10.5 4.05 39 Sandstone, dolomite cement(?); contact at 630.7 ft Kirkwood Formation Kw2a/Kw1c Gray (5Y 5/1)
90 10 Oct 639.5–650 10.5 5.05 48 Poorly sorted sand; contact at 643.5 ft Kw1c or Kw1b Greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 5/1)
91 10 Oct 650–655 5.0 4.15 83 Poorly sorted muddy sand Very dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) and greenish black (10Y 2.5/1)
92 10 Oct 655–656.5 1.5 1.5 100 Slightly silty, very finely laminated clay Very dark gray (10YR 3/1)
93 10 Oct 656.5–663 6.5 5.75 88 Medium sand Kw1b Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
94 10 Oct 663–670 7.0 4.2 60 Very shelly medium sand Dark gray (5Y 4/1)
95 11 Oct 670–679 9.0 4 44 Shell bed to medium sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 2 5BG 4/1)
96 11 Oct 679–684 5.0 1.90 38 Shelly medium sand Dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10/Y 4/1)
97 11 Oct 684–690 6.0 2.3 38 Shelly medium sand Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
98 11 Oct 690–697 7.0 5.5 79 Shelly medium sand Bluish gray (Gley 2 10B 5/1)
99 11 Oct 697–703 6.0 5.75 96 Shelly medium sand Dark gray (2.5Y 4/1)
100 11 Oct 703–710 7.0 6.1 87 Shelly medium sand Very dark greenish gray (Gley 1 10Y 3/1)
101 11 Oct 710–720 10.0 3 30 Shelly medium sand Very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1)

Note: Total depth = 720.0 ft, total core recovered = 499.35 ft, total recovery = 70.3%.