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Table T3. Major and minor components described during the Expedition 325 offshore and Onshore Science Party visual description of cores.

Component Code used Comments
Microbialite; undetermined MB  
Microbialite; stromatolitic MB-S  
Microbialite; dendritic MB-D  
Coralline algae; undetermined CA  
Coralline algae; crustose; thin CA-t <1 mm thick
Coralline algae; crustose; thick CA-T >1 mm thick
Coralline algae; branching CA-B  
Coralline algae; nodule CA-N  
Halimeda HA  
Foraminifer; undetermined FO  
Foraminifer; benthic (free) FO-B  
Foraminifer; encrusting FO-E  
Foraminifer; planktonic FO-P  
Mollusk; undetermined MO  
Mollusk; bivalve MO-B  
Mollusk; gastropod MO-G  
Mollusk; vermitid MO-V  
Coral; undetermined C  
Coral; encrusting C-EN <1 cm thick
Coral; submassive C-SM 1–5 cm thick
Coral; massive C-MA >5 cm thick
Coral; foliaceous C-FO Free <5 mm thick
Coral; platy C-PL Free >5 mm thick
Coral; branching; fine C-BF <1 cm diameter
Coral; branching; medium C-BM 1–3 cm diameter
Coral; branching; robust C-BR 3–5 cm diameter
Coral; branching; columnar C-BC >5 cm diameter
Coral; tabular C-T  
Coral; discoid C-D Free-living disks
Coral; fragments C-FR  
Coral; ahermatypic/solitary C-AS Solitary or colonial; nonzooxanthellate; often deepwater forms
Coral; nonscleractinian C-NS (i.e., Heliopora, Millepora, and Tubipora)
Worm tube; undetermined W  
Worm tube; serpulid W-S  

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