Figure F27. A model of estimated calcite compensation depth (CCD; gray or yellow line) on the Ontong Java Plateau through time. Paleodepths (white lines) of the sediment surface through time at each site were calculated from present depths and assuming simple thermal subsidence and isostatic compensation relative to the accumulating sedimentary cover (see "Aptian-Maastrichtian CCD," ). The CCD curve was constructed assuming that carbonate sediments of a given age indicate deposition above the CCD.

Figure F27. A model of estimated calcite compensation depth (CCD; gray or yellow line) on the Ontong Java Plateau through time. Paleodepths (white lines) of the sediment surface through time at each site were calculated from present depths and assuming simple thermal subsidence and isostatic compensation relative to the accumulating sedimentary cover (see "Aptian-Maastrichtian CCD" in "Lithostratigraphy"). The CCD curve was constructed assuming that carbonate sediments of a given age indicate deposition above the CCD.