Table T8. Nannofossil events recognized, Site 1176.

Nannofossil
zones
Datum events
Age
(Ma)
Depth
(mbsf)
Average
sedimentation
rate*
(m/m.y.)
NN21b FAD Emiliania huxleyi acme 0.085 11.94 170.5

LAD Helicosphaera inversa 0.14 59.10
NN21a FAD Emiliania huxleyi 0.26 85.64
NN20 LAD Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 0.46 89.11

LAD Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 0.46 109.10

LAD Reticulofenestra asanoi 0.8 200.64

FAD Reticulofenestra asanoi 1.06 238.59

FAD Gephyrocapsa oceanica 1.8 291.63
NN19 LAD Discoaster brouweri 1.95 407.20
NN16 LAD Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus (>7 µm) 3.8 425.82

Notes: FAD = first appearance datum, LAD = last appearance datum. * = uncorrected for compaction.