Table 3. The dominant and abundant planktonic foraminiferal species at Hole 1075A.
Core, section, interval
Dissolution intervals Globigerinoides ruber (pink) Globigerinoides ruber Orbulina universa Globigerinoides trilobus Globigerina bulloides Globorotalia inflata Neogloboquadrina dutertrei Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (dextral) Globorotalia crassaformis
175-1075A-                    
1H-CC
A A A
A



2H-CC
A
A
D
A
A
3H-CC
A A A A




4H-CC DISS








5H-CC


A A


A
6H-CC
A
D

A


7H-CC

A




D
8H-CC


A
A

D
9H-CC


D
A
A A
10H-CC

A
A


A
11H-CC DISS








12H-CC

A A A A

A
13H-CC


D

A A A
14H-CC







A D
15H-CC DISS








16H-CC


A

A
D

Notes: The species are arranged by decreasing susceptibility to dissolution, from left to right, according to the Berger (1970) scale. Note the downcore change to more dissolution resistant species such as G. crassaformis and N. pachyderma. Core-catcher samples from Cores 175-1075A-16H through 22H are essentially barren of planktonic foraminifers. A = abundant (10%-30%); D = dominant (>30%); and DISS = barren or very few specimens (dissolution interval).