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Table T8. Calcareous nannofossil range chart of age-diagnostic fossils, Hole C0008C. (See table notes.)

Epoch Nannofossil
zone
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth CSF (m) Abundance Preservation Amaurolithus tricorniculatus Braarudosphaera bigelowii Calcidiscus leptoporus Calcidiscus macintyrei Coccolithus pelagicus Discoaster brouweri Emiliania huxleyi Gephyrocapsa spp. large (>5.5 µm) Gephyrocapsa spp. medium I (>3.5–4 µm) Gephyrocapsa spp. medium II (>4–5.5 µm) Gephyrocapsa spp. smaller (<3.5 µm) Helicosphaera sellii Pseudoemiliania lacunosa Reticulofenestra asanoi Reticulofenestra haqii-minutula Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus (>7 µm)
Top Bottom Mean
    316-C0008C-
Pleistocene NN21 1H-CC, 0–5 5.42 5.47 5.45 D G     C R     D   C A D T R      
NN20 2H-CC, 0–5 15.45 15.50 15.48 D G     C R         D D D   R     R
NN19 3H-CC, 0–5 25.35 25.40 25.37 D M     C R       R     D   A   C R
4H-CC, 0–5 36.92 36.97 36.95 D M     C R       C   C D   A   C R
5H-CC, 0–5 43.74 43.79 43.76 C M     F         C F C C   C      
6H-CC, 0–5 53.65 53.70 53.67 D M   T C R R     C F C D   C   F T
7H-CC, 92–97 62.31 62.36 62.34 D M     C R R     F F C A F C   F T
9H-CC, 4–9 77.34 77.39 77.37 D P     C R R     F F C A   C   F T
10H-CC, 0–5 86.35 86.40 86.37 D M     C R F     C F A D F C   F T
11H-CC, 7–12 90.81 90.86 90.84 C P     R F F R   R C C R? R C   F R
12H-CC, 0–5 92.92 92.97 92.94 D P     C R F R   R C C A F C   C R
13H-CC, 0–5 97.70 97.75 97.72 D M     C R C R   T C C A R C   C R
14H-CC, 9–14 107.57 107.62 107.59 D M   R C T C R   F F A C F C   C R
15H-5, 25   103.57 103.57 D G     C   C   C? F C A A R F      
15H-CC, 35–40 108.36 108.41 108.38 D G     C   C   C? F C A A R F      
16H-CC, 18–23 118.51 118.56 118.53 D M   T C   C   C?   C A A   C      
17H-CC, 10–15 120.37 120.42 120.40 C P     R T F       C C C   C   F R
18H-CC, 33–38 129.52 129.57 129.55 C P     R F F       C C C R C   F R
19H-CC, 8–13 130.01 130.06 130.04 A P     C F C R     C C C F C   F F
20H-CC, 0–5 130.41 130.46 130.43 D M     C F C R     C C C F C   C R
21H-CC, 19–24 138.72 138.77 138.75 A P T   C F F R     C C C F C   A R
22X-CC, 57–62 148.71 148.76 148.73 R P       R R               R   R  
23X-CC, 0–5 155.03 155.08 155.06 D M T   C C C R     C   A F C   A R
24X-CC, 0–5 166.67 166.72 166.70 D P     C C C               C   A  
25X-CC, 0–5 175.99 176.04 176.02 D M     C F F T         A R C   A R

Notes: CSF = core depth below seafloor. Abundance: D = dominant, A = abundant, C = common, F = few, R = rare, T = trace, B = barren. Preservation: M = medium, P = poor. ? = uncertain determination.

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