Table T9. Distribution of microfossils in interbasalt sediments, Hole U1382A.
| Core, section, interval (cm) |
Smear slide |
Lithology | Calcareous nannofossils | Other fossils | Minerals | Amorphous matter | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discoaster quinqueramus (NN11) | Discoaster brouweri (NN9–NN18) | Discoaster variabilis (NN9–NN16) | Discoaster triradiatus (NN9–NN21) | Amaurolithus spp. (NN11B–NN14) | Other nannoliths | Coccoliths | |||||||||
| Planktonic foraminifers | Radiolarians | Dinoflagellates | |||||||||||||
| Volcanic glass | Other minerals | ||||||||||||||
| 336-U1382A- | |||||||||||||||
| 8R-2, 1–2 | 4 | Ooze | xx | xx | xxx | — | —(?) | x | + | — | x | x | xx | ||
| 8R-2, 6–7 | 5 | Ooze | x | xx | xxx | x | + | xx | x | x | |||||
| 8R-2, 13–14 | 6 | Ooze | xx | xx | xxx | x | + | — | — | x | x | x | |||
| 8R-2, 26–34 | 10 | Ooze | x | xx | xxx | x | x | xx | x | xx | |||||
| 8R-3, 1–2 | 7 | Ooze | x | xx | xxx | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| 8R-3, 7–8 | 8 | Ooze | xx | xx | xxx | — | x | + | — | — | x | x | x | ||
| 8R-3, 12–13 | 9 | Ooze | x | x | xxx | x | + | xx | x | x | |||||
| 8R-3, 22–42 | 11 | Ooze | xx | x | xxx | x | x | x | x | xx | |||||
| 8R-4, 7–8 | 1 | Ooze | x | x | xxx | x | + | xx | x | x | |||||
| 8R-4, 15–16 | 2 | Ooze | x | xx | xxx | — | x | x | — | — | x | x | x | ||
| 8R-4, 24–25 | 3 | Ooze | x | x | xxx | x | + | — | xx | x | x | ||||
| 8R-4, 37–38 | 12 | Breccia | x | x | xx | — | x | x | — | xxx | xx | xx | |||
xxx = abundant (>30%), xx = common (10%–30%), x = few (5%–10%), + = rare (1%–5%), — = trace (<1%).
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