Table T1.
Strontium concentration and isotope composition for pore waters and sedimentary
carbonates, Leg 171B.
Core
Depth
(mbsf)Pore-water
strontium concentration
(µg/L)Measured
pore-water
87Sr/86SrSedimentary
carbonate
87Sr/86SrStrontium
isotope
pore-water age
(Ma)Host
sediment
age
(Ma)
171B-1049A-
3H
25.05
7.24
0.709128
1.21
-
4H
34.55
7.33
0.709098
1.70
41.0
5H
44.05
5.45
0.709105
1.53
43.0
6H
53.55
7.63
0.709076
2.60
45.0
9H
66.35
7.77
0.708986
6.16
49.5
10X
70.85
7.85
0.708966
6.61
51.0
12X
87.55
7.81
0.708924
9.03
53.0
16X
116.45
8.16
0.708836
12.38
64.0
19X
148.35
8.38
0.708695
16.91
108.0
22X
173.40
8.35
0.708712
16.47
114.0
171B-1050A-
1X
4.45
8.44
0.708951
0.707763
7.04
39.3
2H
14.55
8.70
0.708882
0.707762
10.50
40.0
3H
24.05
9.07
0.708821
0.707772
12.80
40.6
4H
33.55
9.40
0.708757
0.707775
15.59
41.3
5H
43.05
10.06
0.708667
0.707772
17.20
41.9
6H
52.55
10.82
0.708517
0.707747
19.08
42.6
9H
80.62
12.75
0.708362
0.707764
21.60
44.5
13X
119.25
15.16
0.708228
0.707769
24.29
47.2
16X
148.05
18.16
0.708069
0.707777
27.54
49.2
19X
176.85
21.63
0.707995
0.707714
29.52
51.1
22X
203.60
25.23
0.707961
0.707715
30.47
53.0
26X
240.60
30.60
0.707848
0.707753
33.19
55.5
29X
261.30
32.36
0.707820
0.707724
33.94
56.9
32X
288.60
29.43
0.707826
0.707793
33.78
58.8
35X
309.30
33.27
0.707803
0.707811
34.42
60.2
171B-1050C-
2R
330.00
36.32
0.707794
0.707828
34.70
61.7
5R
361.56
36.78
0.707786
0.707805
34.97
61.7
8R
386.24
38.38
0.707756
0.707821
36.26
63.6
13R
427.64
36.66
0.707759
0.707849
36.11
66.8
17R
464.65
36.17
0.707742
0.707812
37.13
69.7
21R
502.72
0.707479
93.4
23R
523.72
0.707425
95.5
26R
551.25
32.36
0.707764
0.707426
35.86
98.1
29R
580.05
34.96
0.707490
0.707435
36.65
100.9
31R
599.25
31.36
0.707802
0.707444
34.44
102.8
171B-1051A-
2H
10.25
7.58
0.709008
5.63
38.1
3H
19.75
7.44
0.708879
10.60
38.3
4H
29.25
9.50
0.708793
14.24
38.6
5H
38.75
9.64
0.708678
17.04
38.8
6H
48.25
10.56
0.708596
18.13
39.0
7H
57.75
11.23
0.708546
18.73
39.3
10H
86.25
13.43
0.708389
21.07
40.0
13H
114.75
17.02
0.708236
24.13
40.7
16H
143.2
18.96
0.708168
25.41
41.5
19X
172.2
20.87
0.708111
26.59
42.2
22X
201
21.09
0.708063
27.68
42.9
25X
229.8
24.19
0.708005
29.25
43.7
28X
258.6
26.29
0.707960
30.49
44.4
31X
287.4
34.52
0.707963
30.42
45.2
34X
316.2
34.55
0.707913
31.65
45.9
37X
345.1
37.34
0.707892
32.17
46.6
40X
374.1
38.18
0.707883
32.38
47.4
43X
403.9
60.83
0.707787
34.94
51.9
46X
432.7
63.41
0.707785
35.01
52.8
49X
458.5
60.36
0.707789
34.87
53.7
53X
490.5
64.96
0.707771
35.56
54.7
56X
522.25
68.34
0.707760
36.06
56.6
59X
548.05
76.34
0.707746
36.85
58.0
65X
596.15
76.94
0.707737
37.51
60.6
171B-1052A-
2X
7.95
7.55
0.708876
10.70
34.0
3H
17.65
9.22
0.708712
16.51
34.6
4H
27.15
10.61
0.708549
18.69
35.1
5H
36.65
11.54
0.708425
20.42
35.6
6H
46.15
12.97
0.708318
22.49
36.2
7H
55.65
14.36
0.708241
24.04
36.7
10H
84.15
17.93
0.708065
27.63
38.3
13H
112.65
22.86
0.707910
31.73
39.9
16X
132.65
24.20
0.707905
31.85
41.0
18X
150.15
30.23
0.707799
34.54
42.0
171B-1052E-
2R
147.33
30.38
0.707797
34.60
41.9
8R
206.85
50.93
0.707660
73.63
60.8
10R
227.6
55.10
0.707642
74.24
61.7
12R
245.09
54.70
0.707610
75.68
62.4
14R
262.79
58.87
0.707508
81.68
63.2
20R
323.65
76.02
0.707516
81.10
65.7
23R
351.18
73.94
0.707540
79.53
66.9
26R
381.45
78.24
0.707540
79.53
68.1
29R
410.25
85.34
0.707520
80.82
69.3
33R
444.63
79.59
0.707502
82.04
70.8
46R
573.61
125.73
0.707403
86.36
100.2
49R
603.17
131.25
0.707403
86.36
100.8
52R
624.55
146.44
0.707342
88.20
101.2
55R
649.25
138.87
0.707387
86.89
101.8
171B-1053A-
1H
4.45
7.61
0.708997
5.80
34.2
3H
23.45
10.33
0.708582
18.31
34.6
4H
32.95
11.95
0.708502
19.27
34.8
5H
42.45
12.78
0.708372
21.41
35.0
42.45
12.78
0.708385
21.15
35.0
6H
51.95
14.19
0.708298
22.92
35.2
9H
80.45
17.74
0.708123
26.33
35.8
12H
108.45
21.92
0.708016
28.95
36.4
15H
137.45
28.02
0.707931
31.21
37.0
Notes: Strontium isotope pore-water age was obtained using measured 87Sr/86Sr values and the strontium isotope look-up table of Howarth and McArthur (1997). Host sediment age was estimated using short linear regressions between hiatuses fit to age vs. depth plots derived from biostratigraphy. See "Results" for details.
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