Table T8. Linear sedimentation rate segments used to calculate mass accumulation rates and average accumulation.
Segment Depth
(mbsf)
Age
(Ma)
Age Average accumulation rate
(g/cm2/k.y.)
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
Bulk sediment
Carbonate
Noncarbonate
1 0.0 47.5 0.0 5.5 latest Miocene-Pleistocene 0.8 0.7 0.1
2 47.5 51.2 5.5 8.2 late Miocene 0.2 0.1 0.0
3 51.2 52.3 15.1 17.3 late early Miocene-middle Miocene NA NA NA
4 52.3 79.9 25.5 33.7 early Oligocene 0.5 0.5 0.0
5 79.9 90.0 33.7 40.4 middle Eocene-late Eocene 0.2 0.2 0.0
6 90.0 114.7 43.6 55.0 latest Paleocene-middle Eocene 0.3 0.3 0.0
7 114.7 123.3 55.0 56.9 late Paleocene 0.6 0.5 0.0
8 123.3 124.5 56.9 57.5 late Paleocene 0.2 NA NA
9 124.5 128.6 57.5 62.2 early Paleocene-late Paleocene 0.1 0.1 0.0
10 128.6 129.5 62.2 63.8 early Paleocene NA NA NA
11 129.5 132.4 63.8 65.0 early Paleocene NA NA NA
12 132.4 144.2 65.0 65.4 latest Maastrichtian-earliest Paleocene 3.5 3.2 0.3
13 144.2 158.7 65.4 68.6 late Maastrichtian 0.5 0.5 0.0

Note: NA = no dry bulk density or carbonate concentration data available.