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Table T1. Summary of drilled results for IODP Expedition 323 in the Bering Sea. (See table note.)

IODP site
number
Water
depth
(mbsl)
Depth
DSF
(m)
Age
(Ma)
Average
sedimentation rate
(cm/k.y.)
Umnak Plateau
U1339 1867.5 200 0–0.8 28
Bowers Ridge
U1340 1294.6 600 0–5 14.5
U1341 2139.5 600 0–5 14.5
U1342 818.6 45 0–1.2* 4.5
Bering slope
U1343 1952.9 745 0–2.1 35
U1344 3173.1 745 0–1.9 45
U1345 1007.8 150 0–0.5 29

Note: * = basement rock of older age as well as a thin Miocene sandy layer just above the basement were also recovered at this site.

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