LINEAR SEDIMENTATION RATES

LSRs were calculated for each site and plotted with visual best-fit lines. The average sedimentation rate at Hole 1123C is 12.6 m/m.y. Nannofossil age dates are in good agreement with the magnetostratigraphic interpretation (Fig. F4). Sedimentation rates vary from 9 to 16.4 m/m.y. and are reasonable rates for biogenic ooze accumulation in open-ocean conditions with little terrigenous input. Sedimentation rates for Hole 1123C (Fig. F4) are based on nine nannofossil bioevents and four magnetostratigraphic events (Table T3). Hole 1124C LSRs range from 0.3 to 5 m/m.y. Hole 1124C LSRs (Fig. F5) are based on 11 nannofossil bioevents and two magnetostratigraphic events (Table T4), with four hiatuses within the 20-m interval. Nannofossil age estimates (Fig. F2) are taken from Berggren et al. (1995).

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