Table 6. Distribution of turbidites shed within each lowstand or highstand systems tract in the Quarternary, Site 1003.
|
Seismic
sequence |
Age
(Ma) |
|
HST
turbidites |
LST
turbidites |
Total
turbidites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
b
|
0.09-0.25 | Pleistocene | 3 | 3 | 6 |
|
c
|
0.250-01.2/1.6 | Piacenzian | 15 | 1 | 16 |
|
d
|
1.2/1.6-3.1 | Piacenzian | 3 | 2 | 5 |
|
e
|
3.1-3.8 | Zanclian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
f
|
3.8-5.6 | Messinian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
g
|
5.6-6.2/8.7 | Messinian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
h
|
6.2/8.7-9.0 | Tortonian | 3 | 2 | 5 |
|
i
|
9.0-10.6 | Tortonian | 24 | 14 | 38 |
|
k
|
10.6-12.2 | Seravillian | 89 | 26 | 115 |
|
l
|
12.2-12.7 | Seravillian | 129 | 17 | 146 |
|
m
|
12.7-13.6/15.1 | Servallian | 4 | 34 | 38 |
|
n
|
13.6/15.1-15.9 | Langhian | 28 | 54 | 82 |
|
o
|
15.9-18.4 | Langhian | 7 | 0 | 7 |
|
p
|
18.4-19.4 | Burgidalian | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Note: HST = highstand systems tract, LST = lowstand systems tract. Most turbidites were shed in the middle Miocene. Note the high abundance of highstand turbidites in Sequences c, i, k, l, and n.