SECTION 3: CORES

Images

Because of the size of color image files, core images are individual PDF files. They are separately linked to the core-description forms above.

Notes on the core section photographs

In the Cores section, the blue figure box links to the core photo. The viewer must click on the figure box to see the PDF file containing the photo.
The images are reduced to 300 dpi. These are large files, and presented in color. Without an optimal system, they will be slow to open. The average image file size is 300 Kb.
The original images were scanned at 1200 dpi with no compression; hence, the average full-core image file is more than 50 MB in size. These images are available from ODP in TIF format. Contact:

Data Librarian, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, U.S.A.
database@odpemail.tamu.edu

Scanning and calibration

Color is affected by the translation into Acrobat format. All files are slightly darker than the originals.
Monitors need to be calibrated to a standard available with most graphic software applications. An 18% gray card is included on every core image for calibration.