Table T3. Summary of stratigraphic relations at Site 1174 and correlation with equivalent units at Sites 808 and 1173.
Unit | Sub-unit | Facies name | Interval (cm) | Depth (mbsf) | Thickness (m) |
Stratigraphic age | Lithologic description | |||
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Bottom
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190-1174A- | 190-1174A- | |||||||||
I | Slope apron | 1H-1, 0 | 1H-CC, 0 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Quaternary | Hemipelagic mud, rare volcanic ash | ||
190-1174A- | 190-1174B- | |||||||||
II | IIA | Axial-trench wedge | 1H-CC, 0 | 19R-1, 55 | 4.00 | 314.55 | 310.55 | Quaternary | Sand, muddy sand, silt turbidites, hemipelagic mud | |
190-1174B- | 190-1174B- | |||||||||
IIB | Outer-trench wedge | 19R-1, 55 | 31R-2, 105 | 314.55 | 431.55 | 117.00 | Quaternary | Silt turbidites, hemipelagic mud | ||
IIC | Trench to basin transition | 31R-2, 105 | 36R-5, 73 | 431.55 | 483.23 | 51.68 | Quaternary | Silt turbidites, volcanic ash, hemipelagic mud | ||
III | Upper Shikoku Basin | 36R-5, 73 | 55R-2, 49 | 483.23 | 660.99 | 177.76 | Quaternary-Pliocene | Hemipelagic mud, volcanic ash | ||
IV | Lower Shikoku Basin | 55R-2, 49 | 101R-CC, 21 | 660.99 | 1102.45 | 441.46 | Pliocene-Miocene | Hemipelagic mud, siliceous claystone, calcareous claystone | ||
V | Volcaniclastic | 101R-CC, 21 | 102R-CC, 26 | 1102.45 | 1111.31 | 8.86 | Miocene | Hemipelagic mud, altered volcanic ash |
Unit | Sub-unit | Processes of formation | Tectonic and physiographic setting | Statigraphic correlation | |
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Site 808
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Site 1173
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I | Hemipelagic settling | Lowermost trench slope | Unit I | ||
II | IIA | Turbidity currents in axial channel, hemipelagic settling | Axis of trench floor | Units IIA, IIB | |
IIB | Lateral margins of turbidity currents, hemipelagic settling | Seaward margin of trench floor | Unit IIC | Unit IA | |
IIC | Rare turbidity currents, air-fall ash, hemipelagic settling | Transition from trench to Shikoku Basin | Unit III | Unit IB | |
III | Hemipelagic settling, air-fall ash | Shikoku Basin - closer to trench; volcanism in Kyushu/Honshu | Unit IVA | Unit II | |
IV | Hemipelagic settling, diagenetic alteration | Shikoku Basin - distal to trench | Unit IVB | Unit III | |
V | Acidic volcanism, hemipelagic settling | Japan Outer Zone volcanism - triggered by ridge subduction | Unit V | Unit IV |