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Table T3. Summary of lithologic units, Holes C0007A, C0007B, and C0007C. (See table note.)

Unit Hole, core, section, interval (cm) Depth CSF (m) Thickness
(m)
Stratigraphic
age
Lithologic
description
Processes
of formation
Top Bottom Top Bottom
  316- 316-            
I C0007A-1H-1, 0 C0007C-3H-5, 80 0.00 33.94 33.94 Pleistocene Nannofossil-bearing mud, interbedded sand layers (thinning upward), and volcanic ash layers Hemipelagic settling, turbidites, and volcanic ash layers; slumping
IIAi C0007C-3H-5, 80 C0007C-8X-2, 98 33.94 73.99 40.05 Pleistocene Thick to thin sands (thickening upward) with thin interbedded nannofossil-bearing mud layers and volcanic ash layers Turbidites, hemipelagic settling, and volcanic ash layers
IIB C0007C-8X-2, 98 C0007C-12X-1, 0 74.00 109.59 35.6 Pleistocene Sands (thinning upward) interbedded with nannofossil-bearing mud Turbidites, hemipelagic settling
IIAii C0007C-12X-1, 0 C0007C-17H-CC, 13 109.59 159.13 49.54 Pleistocene Thinning and fining-upward beds of gravel and sand with thin interbeds of nannofossil-bearing mud Gravelly and sandy turbidites, hemipelagic settling

Note: CSF = core depth below seafloor.

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