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Table T8 (continued).

Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth (mbsf) Depth (mcd) Diatom abundance (uncleaned) Diatom abundance (acid-cleaned) Diatom preservation Silicoflagellate occurrence Ebridian occurrence Actiniscus occurrence Sponge spicule occurrence Opaline phytolith occurrence Actinocyclus ingens Actinocyclus ingens var. nodus Actinocyclus ingens var. ovalis Actinocyclus aff. curvatulus Azpeitia nodulifer Azpeitia tabularis Coscinodiscus marginatus Denticulopsis dimorpha Denticulopsis hustedtii Ethmodiscus rex Fragilariopsis barronii Fragilariopsis fossilis Fragilariopsis kerguelensis Fragilariopsis reinholdii Hemidiscus cuneiformis Nitzschia cylindrica Simonseniella barboi Thalassionema nitzschioides Thalassiosira convexa Thalassiosira convexa var. aspinosa Thalassiosira insigna Thalassiosira inura Thalassiosira kolbei Thalassiosira leptopus Thalassiosira oliverana gr. Thalassiosira oestrupii Thalassiosira vulnifica Thalassiothrix longissima-antarctica gr. Aulacoseira granulata Diatom zone Diatom
age
(Ma)
                                                                                   
9X-CC, 15-20 194.06 194.06 R   P B B B X B                                                       X      
10X-CC, 18-23 202.48 202.48 B     B B B X B                                                              
11X-2, 48-50 206.40 206.38   F P B B B X B F F                                                       A. ingens v. nodus 14.4-14.2
11X-CC, 72-77 209.37 209.37 B     B B B X B                                                              
12X-CC, 89-94 215.37 215.37 B     B B B X B                                                              
                                                                                   
13X-1, 47-49 224.19 224.17   B   B B B X B                                                              
13X-CC, 17-22 233.27 233.27 B     B B B X B                                                              

Notes: Abundance abbreviations: D = dominant, A = abundant, C = common, F = few, R = rare, T = trace, X = present, B = barren. Preservation abbreviations: G = good, M = moderate, P = poor. For more specific definitions, refer to "Biostratigraphy" in the "Explanatory Notes" chapter. This table is also available in ASCII format in the TABLES directory.

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