Table T11. Sedimentation and accumulation rates for selected intervals, based on age-depth model and rates presented in Figure F15.


Bottom of interval

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.