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.