Table 6. Overall diatom abundance and relative contribution of the dominant species or assemblages at Hole 1075A.
Core, section, interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
Overall abundance Overall preservation Thalassionema nitzschioides (%) Chaetoceros resting spores
(%)
Freshwater assemblage (%) Aulacoseira granulata/islandica Cyclotella spp. Phytoliths Ratio PhFD Silicoflagellates
175-1075A-










1H-CC 1.47 A G 68.7 30.1 0.7 T R T 4.8 R
2H-CC 11.23 A G 44.8 49.0 2.6 R F T 10.0 T
3H-CC 20.91 A M 64.6 31.0 3.4 T F T 3.6 T
4H-1, 70 21.20 A M 68.3 25.4 3.2 T C T 3.9 T
4H-CC 30.29 A M 50.8 42.1 5.2 T C T 1.0 T
5H-CC 39.95 A M 47.4 51.1 0.5 T T T 43.7 T
6H-CC 49.45 A M 74.2 24.7 0.6 T R T 4.5 R
7H-CC 59.05 A M 54.9 34.8 0.2 T
T 33.3 T
8H-CC 68.74 A M 59.9 38.0 1.0 R T T 16.0 T
9H-CC 78.27 A M 56.3 41.9 0.8 T T T 1.5 R
10H-CC 87.84 F P 56.5 31.5 10.3 T T R 50.0 T
11H-CC 97.12 C M 61.0 36.6 1.0 T R T 0.8 R
12H-CC 106.84 A M 74.9 23.6 0.5 T T T 28.6 F
13H-CC 116.19 A M 73.7 24.4 0.5 T T T 27.3 R
14H-CC 125.69 A M 49.4 47.8 0.8 T T
0.0 R
15H-CC 135.21 C M 47.6 40.4 5.6 T R T 3.4 T
16H-CC 154.20 A M 53.4 31.3 1.5 T R T 5.9 T
17H-CC 154.20 C M 39.3 47.2 2.6 T T
0.0 T
18H-CC 163.68 C P 67.6 27.8 1.3 T T T 9.0 T
19H-7, 80 172.80 A M 24.8 52.1 6.5 T T
0.0 T
20H-CC 183.16 A M 46.8 30.2 2.1 T
T 40.0 T
21H-7, 15 191.15 C M 15.7 52.2 2.2
T
0.0 T
22H-CC 201.59 C M 38.1 7.4 27.3 T C
0.0 T

Notes: Includes diatom upwelling and freshwater assemblages, opaline phytoliths, and silicoflagellates (in percentages). Abundance: A = abundant; F = few; C = common; T = trace; and R = rare. Preservation: G = good; M = moderate; and P = poor. PhFD = the ratio of opal phytoliths to freshwater diatoms, calculated as [phytoliths/(freshwater + phytoliths)] x 100 (Jansen et al., 1989).