Table
4. Shipboard data on planktonic foraminiferal distribution at Site
1006, used in Figure 6.
Event
Zone
Age
(Ma)*
Age
(Ma)†
Depth
(mbsf)
T
Globigerinoides obliquus
1.3
1.3
69.35
T
Globigerinoides extremus
1.77
1.98
88.2
B
Globorotalia truncatulinoides
(N21/22)
2
1.92
97.69
T
Globorotalia exilis
2.2
2.09
107.18
T
Globorotalia miocenica
2.3
2.38
116.8
T
Globorotalia limbata
2.4
2.38
135.36
T
Dentoglobigerina altispira
3.09
3.11
145.42
B
Globorotalia tosaensis
(N20/21)
3.2
154.78
B
G. miocenica
(N19/20)
3.55
3.77
173.25
T
Globorotalia margaritae
3.58
3.85
173.25
T
Zeaglobigerina nepenthes
4.18
4.39
240.28
T
Globorotalia cibaoensis
4.6
352.68
B
Sphaeroidinella dehiscens
(N17/18)
5.2
5.54
383.42
B
Globigerinoides conglobatus
6.2
6.2
436.04‡
B
G. margaritae
6.4
6.09
454.96‡
B
G. cibaoensis
7.7
9.44
483.07
B
G. extremus
8.1
8.58
492.05
B
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis
(N15/16)
10.9
9.82
595.39
T
Globotoralia mayeri
(N14/15)
11.4
10.49
595.39
B
G. nepenthes
(N13/14)
11.8
11.19
625.08
T
Fohsella sp.
(N12/13)
11.9
11.68
639.96
B
F. fohsi
(N11/12)
12.7
13.42
682.02
Note: T = top, B = bottom. * = after Berggren et al. (1995); † = after ODP Leg 154 (Curry, Shackleton, Richter, et al., 1995). ‡ = depths not used in Figure 6.