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Figure F19. Site U1302 downcore relative abundance of the polar planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) and concentration of dinocysts. The dominant occurrence of Uvigerina peregrina (U.p.) suggests northward penetration of Antarctic Bottom Water and reduced North Atlantic Deep Water formation (cf. Bilodeau et al., 1994). In the dinocyst assemblages, the dominance of Nematosphaeropsis labyrinthea (Sample 303-U1302B-5H-CC) and the common occurrence of Spiniferites mirabilis (Sample 303-U1302B-9H-CC) permits identification of interglacial intervals.

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