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.