Table 6. Values of 15N of organic matter in late Pleistocene sapropels from the eastern Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian Sea.
Site
Longitude
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
Reference
Site 974 12°8´E






+1.6

This Study
Site 964 17°45´E
+1.6 -0.2 +0.4





Sachs (1996)
Site 969 29°52´E +0.8
+1.6
-0.7 -0.7 -0.1 +0.4

This Study
Site 969 29°52´E



-0.7 -0.2 +0.2


Sachs (1996)
MD 84641 32°34´E +2.3
+2.7 +2.5 +0.5 +1.4 +0.4 +2.2 +2.8 +1.5 Calvert et al. (1992)

Note: ODP Site 974 has not been correlated stratigraphically with the other sites, so it is unclear to which eastern basin sapropel, if any, the value given corresponds. Averages for core MD 84641 are approximate.