Table T10. Sedimentation and accumulation rates for selected intervals, based on age-depth model and rates presented in Figure F17.


Bottom of interval LSR total
(m/m.y.)
LSR carbonate
(m/m.y.)
MAR total (g/cm2/k.y.) MAR carbonate
(g/cm2/k.y.)
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mcd)
NN21/NN20 0.26 16.6 62 10.3 3.5 0.59
Brunhes/Matuyama 0.78 43.2 49 8.8 3.2 0.58
Pleistocene/Pliocene 1.77 85.9 44 7.8 3.6 0.65
Pliocene/Miocene 5.32 213.3 36 10.1 3.8 1.05
Bottom of hole 9.88 512.9 66 31.3 7.9 3.76

Note: LSR = linear sedimentation rate for total sediment and inorganic carbonate, MAR = mass accumulation rate for total sediment and inorganic carbonate.