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Table T8. Planktonic foraminifer datums, Site U1409.

Core, section, interval (cm) Age Zone/
Subzone
Marker event Age
(Ma)
Depth (mbsf)
Top Bottom Top Bottom Mid-point ±
342-U1409A- 342-U1409A-                
7H-4, 57–59 7H-CC middle Eocene E10/E9 T Morozovella aragonensis 43.26 53.68 58.50 56.09 2.41
8H-5, 119–121 8H-CC middle Eocene E9/E8 B Globigerinatheka kugleri 43.88 65.29 67.97 66.63 1.34
12H-CC 13H-2, 100–102 middle Eocene E8/E7b B Guembelitroides nuttalli 45.7 105.91 108.13 107.02 1.11
13H-CC 14H-2, 110–112 early Eocene E7b/E7a B Turborotalia frontosa 48.3 115.41 117.70 116.56 1.15
14H-6, 110–112 14H-CC early Eocene E7a/E6 B Acarinina cuneicamerata 50.2 123.70 124.86 124.28 0.58
14H-CC 15-1, 71–73 early Eocene E6/E5 T Morozovella subbotinae 50.7 124.86 125.31 125.09 0.23
18X-3, 87–89 18X-CC early Eocene E5/E4 B Morozovella aragonensis 52.5 135.47 138.96 137.22 1.75
19X-CC 20X-1, 55–56 early Eocene E4/E3 B Morozovella formosa 54.6 141.20 151.35 146.28 5.08
20X-4, 29–30 20X-5, 114–115 late Paleocene PS/P4c T Globanomalina pseudomenardii 57.1 155.59 157.94 156.77 1.18

T = top, B = base.

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