Table T11. Sedimentation and accumulation rates for selected intervals, based on age-depth model and rates presented in Figure F15.
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Age (Ma) |
Depth (mcd) |
LSR
total (m/m.y.) |
LSR
carbonate (m/m.y.) |
MAR
total (g/cm2/k.y.) |
MAR
carbonate (g/cm2/k.y.) |
|
NN21/NN20 | 0.26 | 60.5 | 289 | 53.0 | 19.1 | 3.60 |
Brunhes/Matuyama | 0.78 | 115.5 | 105 | 23.0 | 8.6 | 1.90 |
Pleistocene/Pliocene | 1.77 | 177.6 | 65 | 14.2 | 7.1 | 1.55 |
Pliocene/Miocene | 5.32 | 308.0 | 38 | 16.1 | 4.3 | 1.81 |
upper/middle Miocene | 11.20 | 463.3 | 27 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 1.88 |
middle/lower Miocene | 16.40 | 587.3 | 27 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 1.35 |
Bottom of hole | 19.50 | 643.1 | 30 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 1.34 |
Note: LSR = linear sedimentation rate for total sediment and inorganic carbonate, MAR = mass accumulation rate for total sediment and inorganic carbonate.