Table T5. Comparison of approximate sedimentation rates at DSDP and ODP sites on the Newfoundland and Iberia conjugate margins.

Table T5. Comparison of approximate sedimentation rates at DSDP and ODP sites on the Newfoundland and Iberia conjugate margins.


Site 1276 Unit	Age	Sedimentation rate (m/m.y.)
Site 1276 Unit	Age	Site 1276	Site 897*	Sites 900^† and 1068^‡	Site 398**
1	middle Eocene to earliest Oligocene	7	11	17-18	~7-15
2	late Paleocene to middle Eocene	7	9	18	~5
3	base Campanian to late Paleocene	~1-8	—	11-18	~5
4	Turonian to top Santonian	<2	—	2-4	Not well dated
5A	Cenomanian to Turonian	2-15	—	—	Not well dated
5B	Albian to Cenomanian	~18-100	—	—	~30
5C	late Aptian(?)-Albian	~22-100	—	—	~50

Note: * = Shipboard Scientific Party (1994a), † = Shipboard Scientific Party (1994b), ‡ = Ladner and Wise (2001) and Shipboard Scientific Party (1998), ** = Shipboard Scientific Party (1979).