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
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom



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
Site 808
Site 1173












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