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Table T23. Constrained tie points for depth-age relationship, Site U1427.

Selected ties for
depth-age lines
Event
type

Bioevents and epoch boundaries
Depth
CCSF-A (m)
Depth range
(±)
Age
(Ma)
Age range
(±)
Sedimentation
rate (m/m.y.)
Top     0.00   0.000    
R Larcopyle buetschlii Zone 1.80 0.00 0.005 0.005 264.0
R LO Lychnocanoma sakai 16.50 5.43 0.050 0.000  
PF FO and LO Globigerinoides ruber (pink) 35.87 4.44 0.260 0.140  
R LO Amphimelissa setosa 45.34 5.04 0.080 0.000  
CN FO Emiliania huxleyi 45.76 1.51 0.290 0.000  
CN LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa 69.33 0.83 0.440 0.000  
R LO Spongodiscus sp. 95.29 5.09 0.290 0.000  
Unit A1/A2     132.09   0.500    
PF LO Neogloboquadrina kagaensis group 259.40 1.48 0.700 0.000 630.1
Paleomag PM Bottom of C1n (Brunhes/Matuyama) 308.96 0.75 0.781 0.000  
CN LO Reticulofenestra asanoi 364.37 0.03 0.910 0.000 423.4
CN Bc Reticulofenestra asanoi 451.30 2.23 1.140 0.000  
PF Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (D to S) 502.03 2.15 1.190 0.050  
CN LO Gephyrocapsa (>5.5 µm) 504.33 0.15 1.240 0.000  
CN LO Helicosphaera sellii 506.29 0.75 1.340 0.000  
PF T Globorotalia inflata (No. 2 bed) 528.51 5.69 1.290 0.050  
Bottom     571.05   1.400    

R = radiolarian, PF = planktonic foraminifer, CN = calcareous nannofossil, PM = paleomagnetism. LO = last occurrence, FO = first occurrence, Bc = base of common occurrence, T = top. D to S = dextral to sinistral coiling change.

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