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Table 2. Stratigraphic ranges of planktonic foraminifers in selected samples from Hole 907B, Iceland Sea.

Core, section,
interval (cm)

 Depth (mbsf) Depth (mcd) Abundance Preservation Globorotalia inflata Neogloboquadrina atlantica (sinistral) Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (dextral) Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) Zone Epoch









N.
pachyderma
(s.)

162-907B-

    






Pleistocene

1H-CC, 24-27

7.24

7.46

C

G


T

D

2H-CC, 22-25

17.08

17.41

C

G



D

3H-CC, 37-40

26.63

28.20

R

G



D

4H-CC, 17-20

36.20

38.35

T

M

R


D

5H-1, 39-41

36.19

39.26

T

M

D



Pliocene

5H-3, 39-41

39.19

42.26

T

M

D



5H-CC, 22-25

45.87

48.94

B






6H-CC, 32-35

55.33

59.40

B






7H-CC, 23-26

64.67

69.24

B






8H-CC, 24-27

74.09

79.36

B







9H-CC, 35-38

83.96

89.64

B







10H-CC, 23-26

93.24

99.26

B







11H-2, 35-37

94.65

101.28

B







11H-CC, 20-23

102.84

109.47

B







12H-CC, 27-30

112.24

118.80

B







13H-CC, 15-18

121.77

129.00

B







14H-CC, 22-25

131.20

139.59

B







15H-CC, 25-28

140.50

149.21

B







16H-CC, 28-31

150.19

159.66

B







17H-CC, 24-27

159.88

170.12

B







18H-CC, 24-27

169.14

181.06

B







19H-CC, 21-24

178.76

191.95

B







20H-CC, 22-25

188.12

202.89

B







21H-CC, 0-1

197.38

212.51

B







22H-CC, 1-3

206.86

223.65

B







23H-CC, 15-18

216.55

234.07

B







Note: D = dominant, A = abundant, C = common, F = few, R = rare, T = trace, B = barren, G = good, M = moderate, P = poor, s. = sinistral. Horizontal black bars indicate zonal, epoch, and subepoch boundaries. Reader is referred to the PDF file for proper formatting.

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