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Table T11. Reliable biostratigraphic events identified at Site 1120.
Event Group Age
(Ma)
Sample Depth
(mbsf)

1 FO Emiliania huxleyi

N

0.24

1120A-1H-2, 28-29cm

1.78

2 FO Globorotalia truncatulinoides

F

~0.8

1120A-1H-2, 85-87cm

2.35

3 FCO dominant Globorotalia inflata

F

~0.7

1120A-1H-2, 85-87cm

2.35

4 LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa

N

0.42

1120A-1H-3, 30-32 cm

3.3

5 FO Globorotalia crassacarina

F

~2.5

1120B-1H-CC

3.36

6 LCO Globorotalia puncticuloides

F

~0.7

1120A-1H-3, 30-32 cm

4.3

7 LO Simonseniella barboi

D

2

1120A-1H-CC

4.6

8 FO Globorotalia puncticuloides

F

3.6

1120C-1H-CC

6.6

9 LO Globorotalia miotumida

F

5.6

1120B-2H-CC

12.9

10 FO Globorotalia sphericomiozea

F

5.6

1120C-2H-CC

15.7

11 LO Hemidiscus triangularis

D

5.3

1120B-3H-CC

17.7

12 FCO Neogloboquadrina pachyderma

F

9.2

1120B-4H-3, 129-132 cm

26.6

13 LO Hemidiscus karstenii f. 1

D

5.7

1120B-4H-CC

31.56

14 FO Prunopyle titan

R

5.1

1120B-5H-CC

41.4

15 LO Bolboforma pentaspinosa

B

~7

1120B-5H-CC

41.4

16 LO Helotholus praevema

R

4.6

1120B-5H-CC

41.4

17 LO Cyrtocapsella japonica

R

10.11

1120B-6H-CC

51.1

18 Acme Cyrtocapsella japonica

R

10.2

1120B-7H-CC

59.5

19 LO Bolboforma subfragoris

B

10.5

1120B-7H-CC

59.5

20 LO Denticulopsis dimorpha

D

10.6

1120B-8H-CC

68.3

21 LO Orbulina suturalis

F

~10.5

1120B-9X-CC

70.8

22 Kaiti acme Globorotalia miotumida (dextral)

F

10.8-10.9

1120B-9X-CC

72.6

23 FO Bolboforma pentaspinosa

B

11.5

1120B-10X-CC

77.5

24 LO Cycladophora humerus

R

10.5

1120B-10X-CC

77.5

25 FO Bolboforma subfragoris

B

11.5

1120B-10X-CC

77.5

26 LO Coccolithus miopelagicus

N

10.94

1120B-10X-CC

77.5

27 LCO Cyrtocapsella tetrapera

R

12.6

1120B-11X-CC

86.6

28 FO Dendrospyris megalocephalis

R

12.7

1120B-11X-CC

86.6

29 LO Globorotalia praemenardii

F

~13.2

1120B-12X-CC

99.2

30 LO Globorotalia conica

F

13

1120B-12X-CC

99.2

31 LO Globorotalia amuria

F

13.2

1120B-12X-CC

99.2

32 FO Calcidiscus macintyrei

N

12.34

1120B-12X-CC

99.2

33 LO Calcidiscus premacintyrei

N

12.65

1120B-13X-CC

103.5

34 FO Denticulopsis dimorpha

D

12.2

1120B-14X-3, 60-61

114.6

35 FO Eucyrtidium inflatum

R

12.3

1120B-16X-CC

138.8

36 FO Orbulina suturalis

F

15.1

1120B-17X-CC

148.3

37 Range Praeorbulina circularis

F

14.8-15.6

1120B-17X-CC

148.3

38 LO Sphenolithus heteromorphus

N

13.52

1120B-19X-CC

166.9

39 FO Globorotalia miozea

F

16.7

1120D-2X-6, 126-131

175.8

40 FO Globorotalia praemenardii

F

15.8

1120B-20X-CC

177.1

41 FO Sphenolithus heteromorphus

N

18.6

1120B-20X-CC

177.1

42 LO Globorotalia praescitula

F

16.7

1120B-20X-CC

177.1

43 FO Eucyrtidium punctatum

R

17

1120D-3X-CC

185.0

44 FO Calcidiscus premacintyrei

N

17.4

1120D-3X-CC

185.0

45 FO Globorotalia zealandica

F

18.6

1120D-4X-CC

194.8

46 FO Calcidiscus leptoporus

N

18.2

1120D-4X-CC

194.8

47 FO Geminilithella rotula

N

19.8

1120D-4X-CC

194.8

48 FCO Helicosphaera carteri

N

19.2

1120D-4X-CC

194.8

49 LO Globorotalia incognita

F

18.5

1120D-5X-CC

203.7

50 FO Globorotalia praescitula

F

19

1120D-5X-CC

203.7

51 FO Globigerinoides trilobus

F

~19

1120D-7X-CC

213.65

52 LO Globigerina euapertura

F

22.5

1120D-8X-CC

221.8

53 ?FO Globorotalia incognita

F

21.6

1120D-9X-CC

222.0

Notes: Numbers in "Event" column correspond to events plotted in Figure F6. N = nannofossils, F = foraminifers, D = diatoms, R = radiolarians, and B = bolboformids.

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