Table
T3. Summary of lithologic units at Hole 1135A.
Unit/
Subunit
Core
interval
Depth
(mbsf)Thickness
(m)
Age
Lithology
Interpretation
I
1R-1,
0 cm, to 2R-1, 52 cm
0-10.02
10.02
late
Pliocene and possibly younger
Diatom
ooze, sand, and gravel
Pelagic
sediment with ice-rafted debris
IIA
2R-CC,
0 cm, to 15R-CC, 18 cm
10.02-141.90
132.88
middle
Eocene to early Eocene
Foraminifer-bearing
nannofossil ooze
Pelagic
sediment
IIB
16R-1,
0 cm, to 26R-CC, 22 cm
141.90-247.70
105.80
middle
Eocene to late Paleocene
Nannofossil
ooze
Pelagic
sediment
IIIA
27R-1,
0 cm, to 33R-CC, 10 cm
247.70-315.10
67.40
late
Paleocene to Maastrichtian
Nannofossil
chalk
Pelagic
sediment
IIIB
34R-1,
0 cm, to 39R-CC, 10 cm
315.10-372.60
57.50
Maastrichtian
to Campanian
White
calcareous chalk
Pelagic
sediment
IIIC
40R-1,
0 cm, to 55R-CC, 5 cm
372.60-526.00
153.40
~Turonian
to Campanian
Light
green calcareous chalk
Pelagic
and hemipelagic sediment