Table 7. Postcruise data on nannofossil distribution at Site 1006 used in Figure 6.
 
Event
Age
(Ma)*
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mbsf)
T Amaurolithus spp. 4.5   259.24
B Ceratolithus rugosus 4.7   322.89
T Discoaster quinqueramus 5.6 5.537 344.69
B Amaurolithus amplificus 6.6 6.84 404.39
B Amaurolithus primus 7.2   415.79
B Discoaster berggrenii 8.6 8.281 496.37
T Discoaster hamatus 9.4 9.635 538.05
B D. hamatus 10.7 10.476 571.83
B Catinaster coalitus 11.3 10.794 603.83
T Cyclicargolithus floridanus 13.2   695.56

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.