Table T3.
Biostratigraphic events, correlated with zones, epochs, and New Zealand stages,
identified at Site 1119.
Event
Group
NZ
stage
Zone
(base)
Epoch
Age
(Ma)
Sample
Depth
(mbsf)
FO Globorotalia hirsuta
F
<0.45
1119B-1H-CC
FO Acme Emiliania
huxleyi
N
Wq
latest Pleistocene
0.08
1119B-2H-CC
19
FO Emiliania huxleyi
N
Wq
NN21
middle Pleistocene
0.24
1119B-5H-CC
48.5
LO Pseudoemiliania
lacunosa
N
Wc/Wq
NN20
middle Pleistocene
0.42
1119B-9H-CC
77
LO Plectofrondicularia
advera
F
middle Pleistocene
~0.62
1119B-10H-CC
LO Plectofrondicularia
pellucida
F
?Wn/Wc
~0.62
1119B-13H-CC
LO Acme Gephyrocapsa
parallela (small)
N
middle Pleistocene
0.78
1119B-14H-CC
123
LO Bolivina affiliata
F
?Wn/Wc
1119B-15H-CC
LO Actinocyclus ingens
f. planus
D
Wc
>0.62-0.65
1119C-16-8, 60 cm
144
FO Gephyrocapsa
parallela
N
early Pleistocene
0.9
1119C-17H-CC
155
LO Dominant
Gephyrocapsa (small)
N
0.9
1119C-18X-CC
164
LO Anomalinoides
parvumbilicus
F
?Wn/Wc
1119C-18X-CC
164
LO Globorotalia
puncticuloides
F
e Wc
early Pleistocene
~0.7
1119C-18X-CC
173
FO Globorotalia
truncatulinoides
F
~0.8
1119C-18X-CC
173
LO Pterocanium trilobum
R
e Wc
early Pleistocene
>0.83
1119C-25-5,111
233
FO Dominant
Gephyrocapsa (small)
N
early Pleistocene
1.14
1119C-26X-CC
240
LO Helicosphaera sellii
N
Wn
early Pleistocene
1.2
1119C-27X-CC
250
LO Gephyrocapsa
oceanica (small)
N
Wn
early Pleistocene
~1.2
1119C-27X-CC
250
FO Gephyrocapsa
(large)
N
early Pleistocene
~1.5
1119C-29X-CC
FO Gephyrocapsa
(medium)
N
early Pleistocene
1.75
1119C-32X-CC
298
FO Lithelius
nautiloides
R
Wn
late Pliocene
<1.93
1119C-31X-CC
298
FO Gephyrocapsa
oceanica
N
Wn
NN19
late Pliocene
1.75-1.95
1119C-33X-CC
308
LO Haeuslerella
plioceneenica
F
Wn
late Pliocene
>1.1
1119C-36X-CC
336
LO Eucyrtidium
calvertense
R
>1.92
1119C-38-1, 110 cm
353
LO Karreriella
cylindrica
F
Wn/Wc
late Pliocene
>1.1
1119C-38-1,64
353
FO Globorotalia
crassula
F
Wm/Wn
late Pliocene
2.6
1119C-41X-CC
382
FO-LO Globorotalia
crassaformis (dextral)
F
Wm/Wn
late Pliocene
2.1-3.0
1119C-41X-CC
LO Nitzschia weaveri
D
late Pliocene
~2.74
1119C-48X-CC
452
LO Discoaster
asymmetricus
N
Wm/Wn
mid-Pliocene
~2.8
1119C-52X-CC
489
LCO Globorotalia
puncticulata
F
Wo/Wp
Pliocene
3.7
1119C-52X-CC
Notes: F = foraminifer, N = calcareous nannofossil, D = diatom, R = radiolarian. Wq = Haweran, Wc = Castlecliffian, Wn = Nukumaruan, Wm = Mangapanian, Wo = Opoitian, Wp = Waipipian. See also Figure F7, in the "Explanatory Notes" chapter.