Table T8. Linear sedimentation rate segments used to calculate mass accumulation rates, as well as average accumulation rates for bulk sediment, carbonate, and noncarbonate fractions.
Segment Depth
(mbsf)
Age
(Ma)
Age Average accumulation rate
(g/cm2/k.y.)
Top
Bottom
Top
Bottom
Bulk sediment
Carbonate
Noncarbonate
1 0.00 24.10 0.00 1.73 Pleistocene 1.2 0.9 0.4
2 24.10 30.40 1.73 2.83 late Pliocene 1.4 NA NA
3 30.40 46.50 2.83 3.82 early Pliocene-late Pliocene 1.6 1.5 0.2
4 46.50 58.70 3.82 6.76 late Miocene-early Pliocene 0.4 0.3 0.1
5 60.70 63.00 13.52 15.10 middle Miocene 0.2 0.1 0.0
6 63.00 79.40 43.60 54.70 early Eocene-middle Eocene 0.2 0.2 0.0
7 79.40 100.80 54.70 65.00 Paleocene 0.2 0.2 0.0
8 100.80 192.80 65.00 75.00 Campanian-Maastrichtian 1.0 1.0 0.0

Note: NA = no data available.