Table 2. Calcareous nannofossil datums at Hole 1079A.
Event
Age (Ma)
Zone (base)
Core, section, interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf)
A
B
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
Mean




175-1079A- 175-1079A-


FO Emiliania huxleyi acme 0.09 NN21b
3H-3, 130 3H-5, 130 19.10 22.10 20.60
FO Emiliania huxleyi 0.26 NN21a CN15 10H-5, 80 10H-CC 87.09 92.14 89.62
LO Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica acme 0.26 NN21a CN15 10H-5, 80 10H-CC 87.09 92.14 89.62
LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 0.46 NN20 CN14b 11H-5, 70 11H-CC 97.40 99.01 98.21
LO Small Gephyrocapsa acme (Weaver, 1993) 0.6*

12H-CC 13H-2, 140 108.38 111.30 109.84

Notes: FO = first occurrence and LO = last occurrence. * = lower isotope Stage 15 (Weaver, 1993); age interpolated from Imbrie et al. (1984). Zonal codes are those of (A) Martini (1971) and (B) Okada and Bukry (1980).