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Table T16. Datum tie points, Hole U1405A.

Datum
tie point
Datum Datum type Zone Age
(Ma)
Mid-point
depth
(mbsf)
Distance
(m)
Duration
(Ma)
LSR
(cm/k.y.)
Notes
D01 T Pseudoemiliania lacunosa Calcareous nannofossil NN20 0.44 0.54        
D02 B Ceratolithus rugosus Calcareous nannofossil NN13 5.12 9.04 8.51 4.68 0.18 Average rate = 0.19 cm/k.y.
D03 T Sphenolithus heteromorphus Calcareous nannofossil NN6 13.53 25.96 16.92 8.41 0.20
D04 Tc Discoaster deflandrei Calcareous nannofossil   15.80 25.96 0.00 2.27 0.00 Hiatus
D05 C5Br/C5Cn.1n Chron boundary   15.97 39.20 13.24 0.17 7.61 Average rate = 6.00 cm/k.y.
D06 C5Cn.2r/C5Cn.3n Chron boundary   16.54 64.14 24.94 0.57 4.38
D07 Bc Sphenolithus heteromorphus Calcareous nannofossil   17.71 64.36 0.22 1.17 0.02 Hiatus
D08 T Triquetrorhabdulus carinatus Calcareous nannofossil NN3 18.28 87.25 22.89 0.57 4.02  
D09 Inferred hiatus     19.70 87.25 0.00 1.42 0.00 Hiatus
D10 T Theocyrtis annosa Radiolarian   20.05 101.51 14.26 0.35 4.07  
D11 Inferred hiatus     21.90 101.51 0.01 1.85 0.00 Hiatus
D12 C6Cn.1n/C6Cn.1r Chron boundary   22.76 135.96 34.45 0.85 4.03  
D13 C6Cn.3n/C6Cr Chron boundary   23.30 192.17 56.21 0.54 10.39  
D14 T Sphenolithus ciperoensis Calcareous nannofossil NN1 24.43 264.55 72.38 1.13 6.38  
D15 Bc? Triquetrorhabdulus carinatus Calcareous nannofossil   26.57 307.14 42.59 2.14 1.99  

LSR = linear sedimentation rate. T = top, Tc = top common, B = base, Bc = base common. ? = uncertainty.

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