Sample | Stratum thickness (cm) | Depth (cm) | Macroscopic characteristics |
1A | 110 | 0 - 110 | Loose material with colors ranging from dark brown to orange, presence of weathering and plant roots. Represents the top of the profile. |
2A | 5 | 115 | Black coloration |
3A | 24 | 139 | Silty, dark brown to gray |
4A | 1 | 140 | Sandy, light gray |
5A | 16 | 156 | Silty toward the base and at the top, dark brown; sandy in the center, gray |
6A | 1 | 157 | Sandy, dark gray |
7A | 3 | 160 | Silty, dark to light brown |
8A | 4 | 164 | Sandy, light gray |
9A | 25 | 189 | Intercalated layers of sand and dark brown silt |
10A | 5 | 194 | Sandy, light gray |
11A | 20 | 214 | Silty, light to dark brown |
12A | 4 | 218 | Sandy, dark gray with oxidation stains |
13A | 3.5 | 221.5 | Sandy, light to dark gray |
13A’ | 4 | 222 | This sample comes from the same layer as sample 13A. It has the same texture and coloration; in addition, reddish to orange oxidation is present. |
14A | 12 | 233.5 | Silty, light brown to dark brown |
15A | 2 | 235.5 | Sandy, light gray to dark gray |
16A | 15 | 250.5 | Silty, light brown to dark brown |
17A | 7 | 257.5 | Sandy, very fine texture, light gray color, very compact |
18A | 17 | 274.5 | Silty, light brown, very compact |
19A | 13 | 287.5 | Intercalated layers of sand and silt, light gray to light brown |
20A | 18 | 305.5 | Silty, light brown with sandy intercalated layers |
21A | 9 | 314.5 | Silty, light brown, very compact |
22A | 16 | 330.5 | Sandy, light gray; in the center, there is a light brown silt layer (1.5 cm) |
23A | 37 | 367.5 | Silty, light brown with small alternating layers of light gray sand (3 - 4 cm) |
24A | 19 | 386.5 | Alternating layers of sand and silt, dark gray to light gray; each sublayer is 3 to 4 cm thick |
25A | 33.5 | 420 | Sandy with alternating layers of silt and very fine light brown to light gray sand with oxide lenses 1 to 2 cm thick |
Q | 4 | 424 | Sandy, light gray, slightly compact |
27A | 7 | 431 | Silty, dark brown with black nodules, very compact, moist |
28A | 5.5 | 436.5 | Sandy, light gray, very loose material |
29A | 19.5 | 456 | Silty, dark brown, with a layer of medium-grain dark gray sand with small black spots |
30A | 22.5 | 478.5 | At the top, there is a layer of medium-grained light gray sand with a sheet of nodules. The center is light brown and silty with oxide lenses. At the base, there is a layer of fine to medium sand with oxide lenses |
31A | 32 | 510.5 | Clay with alternating cream to very light brown layers; the last 9.1-cm-thick layer from the base consists of alternating layers of cream-colored clay and dark material with small oxide lenses |
32A | 10 | 520.5 | Silty, dark brown, very compact |
33A | 11 | 531.5 | Fine sand, light gray at the top and base and dark gray in the center |