Table 7. Distribution of turbidites shed within each highstand or lowstand systems tract in the Pliocene/Miocene, Site 1007.

Seismic
sequence
Age
(Ma)
HST
turbidites
LST
turbidites
Total
turbidites
d 1.5/1.7-3.2/4.2 Zanclian 16 21 37
f 3.2/4.2-5.5/6.4 Messinian 3 0 3
g 5.5/6.4-8.8 Messinian 16 32 48
h 8.8-9.4 Tortonian 9 0 9
i 9.4-10.6 Tortonian 7 21 28
k 10.6-12.2 Seravillian 7 112 119
l 12.2-12.5 Seravillian 32 18 50
m 12.5-15.1 Seravillian 92 98 190
n 15.1-16.2/16.4 Langhian 3 9 12
o 2/16.4-18.2 Langhian 3 0 3
p 18.2-19.4 Burgidalian 0 18 18
p2 19.4-23.2 Burgidalian 21 3 24
q 23.2-23.7 Aquitanian 0 0 0

Notes: HST = highstand systems tract, LST = lowstand systems tract. Most turbidites were shed during the middle Miocene. The abundance of lowstand turbidites in Sequences d, g, i, k, m, and p is high.