Table 2. Calcareous nannofossil datums at Holes 1087A and 1087C.
Event
Age
(Ma)
Zone (base)
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
A
B
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
Mean




175-1087A- 175-1087A-


FO Emiliania huxleyi 0.26 NN21 CN15 1H-3, 130 1H-CC 4.30 8.21 6.26
LO Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica acme 0.26 NN21 CN15 1H-3, 130 1H-CC 4.30 8.21 6.26
LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 0.46 NN20 CN14b 2H-3, 130 2H-4, 140 12.70 14.10 13.40
LO Small Gephyrocapsa acme (Weaver, 1993) 0.6

2H-4, 140 2H-CC 14.10 18.17 16.14
LO Reticulofenestra asanoi 0.83

3H-5, 140 3H-CC 25.00 27.75 26.38
LO Helicosphaera sellii 1.25

4H-CC 5H-3, 10 36.71 39.80 38.26
LO Calcidiscus macintyrei 1.67

6H-2, 140 6H-4, 110 49.10 51.80 50.45
LO Discoaster brouweri 1.95 NN19 CN14a-13a 6H-CC 7H-CC 56.12 65.71 60.92
LO Discoaster surculus 2.55 NN18-17 CN12d-c 8H-CC 9H-CC 74.34 84.56 79.45
LO Discoaster tamalis 2.83 NN16 CN12b-a 10H-CC 11H-CC 93.61 103.42 98.52
LO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus 3.82 NN15 CN11 18H-CC 19H-CC 168.47 179.81 174.14
LO Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 4.5 NN14-13-12 CN10 20H-CC 21H-CC 188.61 198.67 193.64
LO Discoaster quinqueramus 5.54

22H-CC 23H-CC 206.71 213.47 210.09

 

175-1087C- 175-1087C-      
LO Amaurolithus amplificus 5.9

27H-CC 28X-CC 248.58 258.40 253.49
FO Amaurolithus amplificus 6.6

30X-CC 31X-CC 270.96 280.46 275.71
FO Amaurolithus primus 7.2

33X-CC 34X-CC 299.68 309.35 304.52
FO Discoaster quinqueramus 8.6 NN11 CN9 41X-CC 42X-CC 375.29 386.21 380.75

Notes: FO = first occurrence and LO = last occurrence. Zonal codes are those from (A) Martini (1971) and (B) Okada and Bukry (1980).