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Table T16. Datum tie points, Hole U1407A.

Datum
tie point
Datum Datum type Zone/
Subzone
Age
(Ma)
Mid-point
depth
(mbsf)
Distance
(m)
Duration
(Ma)
LSR
(cm/k.y.)
Notes
D01 Ba Emiliania huxleyi Calcareous nannofossil NN21 0.70 0.37        
D02 T Reticulofenestra umbilicus (>14 µm) Calcareous nannofossil NP23 32.02 15.12 15.12 31.32    
D03 T Discoaster saipanensis Calcareous nannofossil NP21 34.44 16.68 1.56 2.42 0.14  
D04 T Discoaster barbadiensis Calcareous nannofossil   34.76 18.16 1.48 0.32 0.46  
D05 T Chiasmolithus gigas Calcareous nannofossil NP15c 44.12 18.16 0.00 9.36 0.00 Hiatus
D06 C20r/C21n Chron boundary   45.72 46.98 28.82 1.60 1.80 Average rate = 2.01 cm/k.y.
D07 C21n/C21r Chron boundary   47.35 82.98 36.00 1.62 2.22
D08 C21r/C22n Chron boundary   48.57 85.45 2.47 1.22 0.20 Average rate = 0.39 cm/k.y.
D09 C22n/C22r Chron boundary   49.34 90.69 5.24 0.78 0.67
D10 B Dictyococcites/Reticulofenestra* Calcareous nannofossil   49.47 101.85 11.16 0.13 8.70  
D11 B Coccolithus crassus* Calcareous nannofossil   51.64 101.85 0.00 2.17 0.00 Hiatus
D12 B Tribrachiatus orthostylus Calcareous nannofossil   54.37 121.90 19.97 2.73 0.73  
D13 T Fasciculithus spp. Calcareous nannofossil   55.64 121.90 0.00 1.27 0.00 Hiatus
D14 B Discoaster multiradiatus Calcareous nannofossil NP9 57.21 132.18 5.75 1.57 0.37  
D15 T Anthocyrtis mespilus Radiolarian RP6a 62.00 177.25 49.68 4.79 1.04  
D16 B Cruciplacolithus intermedius Calcareous nannofossil   65.47 186.70 9.40 3.47 0.27 Condensed; average rate = 0.11 cm/k.y.
D17 T Micula murus, other Cretaceous
nannofossils
Calcareous nannofossil   66.04 186.70 0.00 0.57 0.00
D18 B Ceratolithoides kamptneri Calcareous nannofossil   67.84 190.01 0.99 1.80 0.05
D19 B Lithraphidites quadratus Calcareous nannofossil UC20 69.18 190.01 0.00 1.34 0.00
D20 T Reinhardtites levis Calcareous nannofossil UC19 70.14 190.01 4.73 0.96 0.49
D21 T Eiffellithus eximius Calcareous nannofossil   75.93 190.01 0.00 5.79 0.00
D22 B Broinsonia parca constricta Calcareous nannofossil   81.38 197.35 3.58 5.45 0.07
D23 B Lithastrinus grillii Calcareous nannofossil   86.50 205.72 8.87 5.12 0.17
D24 B Micula staurophora Calcareous nannofossil   89.77 215.21 1.75 3.27 0.05
D25 B Lithastrinus septenarius senso lato Calcareous nannofossil   91.78 226.05 17.23 2.01 0.86 Average rate = 0.46 cm/k.y.
D26 B Eiffellithus eximius Calcareous nannofossil   92.99 226.05 0.00 1.21 0.00
D27 B Eprolithus moratus Calcareous nannofossil   93.73 226.05 4.50 0.74 0.61
D28 T Helenea chiastia Calcareous nannofossil   93.9 232.89 5.10 0.17 3.00
D29 B Lithraphidites acutus Calcareous nannofossil   96.16 245.35 10.45 2.26 0.46
D30 B Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Calcareous nannofossil   103.13 269.01 24.75 6.97 0.36

* = from Agnini et al. (2006) recalibrated to GTS2012. LSR = linear sedimentation rate. T = top, B = base, Ba = base of acme.

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