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