Table T1. Core sites and depositional parameters of sedimentary sequences under the Benguela Current.
Depositional
parameter |
Site
1087 |
Site
1085 |
Site
1084 |
Site
1082 |
Site
532 |
Site
1081 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water depth (m): | 1372 | 1713 | 1992 | 1279 | 1331 | 794 |
Distance from land (km): | 200 | 200 | 155 | 140 | 190 | 120 |
Sedimentation rate (cm/k.y.): | 2-7 | 2-13 | 10-27 | 7-21 | 2-20 | 4-15 |
Subbottom depth (mbsf): | 423 | 604 | 605 | 600 | 267 | 453 |
Sediment ages (Ma): | 0-9 | 0-15 | 0-4.7 | 0-5.8 | 0-7.5 | 0-9 |