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Table T2. Lithological subunits, Site C0015.

Lithological
subunit
Description Core Depth (mbsf) Thickness (m)
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    331-C0015B-
Ia Clast-supported coarse-grained angular woody pumice gravel 1H 0 0.15 0.15
Ib Inverse to normally graded clast-supported coarse-grained angular woody pumice gravel 1H 0.15 2.95 2.8
Ic Unconsolidated medium-grained, well-sorted foraminiferal sand 1H 2.95 3.05 0.1
Id Silty foraminiferal sand 1H 3.05 3.2 0.15
Ie Matrix-supported bioclastic gravel with 20% coral fragment and rare clasts of woody pumice in a poorly sorted mud to coarse quartz sand matrix 1H 3.2 5.07 1.87
If Subrounded woody pumice gravel 1H 5.07 5.5 0.43
Ig Mud with pumiceous silt laminae 1H 5.5 5.89 0.39
Ih Clast-supported coarse-grained angular woody pumice gravel 1H 5.89 5.97 0.08
Ii Pumiceous grit grading to gravel at base 1H 5.97 6.4 0.43
    331-C0015C-
Ij Unconsolidated medium-grained, well-sorted, well-rounded quartz sand 1H 6.5 7.35 0.85
Ik Clast-supported coarse-grained angular woody pumice gravel 1H 7.35 7.9 0.55
Il Unconsolidated medium-grained, well-sorted, well-rounded quartz sand—highly disrupted by drilling 1H 7.9 9 1.1
Im Well-sorted quartz-pumice grit 1H 9 9.08 0.08
In Clast-supported coarse-grained angular pumice gravel 1H 9.08 9.5 0.42

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