Table T8. Nannofossil events recognized, Site 1175.
 
Nannofossil zones
Datum events
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mbsf)
Average
sedimentation rate
(m/m.y.)
NN21b FAD Emiliania huxleyi acme * 0.085 23.42 222.5

LAD Helicosphaera inversa 0.14 86.86
NN21a FAD Emiliania huxleyi * 0.26 132.05
NN20 LAD Pseudoemiliania lacunosa * 0.46 183.05

FAD Helicosphaera inversa 0.48 230.73
  LAD Reticulofenestra asanoi * 0.8 278.42
  FAD Reticulofenestra asanoi * 1.06 303.90 137.6
  LAD Helicosphaera sellii 1.46 346.43
  FAD Gephyrocapsa oceanica 1.77 391.47
NN19 LAD Discoaster brouweri * 1.95 416.77

Notes: FAD = first appearance datum, LAD = last appearance datum. * = events used in calculating average sedimentation rate. † = uncorrected for compaction.