Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Betzler, C.; Eberli, G. P.; Lüdmann, T.; Reolid, J.; Kroon, D.; Reijmer, J. J. G.; Swart, P. K.; Wright, J.; Young, J. R.; Alvarez-Zarikian, C.; Alonso-García, M.; Bialik, O. M.; Blättler, C. L.; Guo, J. A.; Haffen, S.; Horozal, S.; Inoue, M.; Jovane, L.; Lanci, L.; Laya, J. C.; Hui Mee, A. L.; Nakakuni, M.; Nath, B. N.; Niino, K.; Petruny, L. M.; Pratiwi, S. D.; Slagle, A. L.; Sloss, C. R.; Su, X.; Yao, Z.

doi:10.1186/s40645-018-0165-x

Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Table 1 Calcareous nannoplankton and planktonic foraminiferal events at sites cored during IODP Exp. 359

From: Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Event	Nannofossil age	Foraminifer age	Site U1465 depth (mbsf)	Site U1466 depth (mbsf)	Site U1467 depth (mbsf)	Site U1468 depth (mbsf)	Site U1469 depth (mbsf)	Site U1470 depth (mbsf)	Site U1471 depth (mbsf)	Site U1472 depth (mbsf)
LO Globigerinoides ruber pink		0.12	3.57	3	8	1.7		1.1	2.34	2.6
LO Globigerinoides ruber pink		0.12							3.95
FO Emiliania huxleyi	0.29		3.57	10	12	6.1		6.3	9.1	9.9
LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa	0.44		10.68	10	17	6.1		6.3	20.1	9.9
LO Globorotalia tosaensis		0.61							17.59	9.9
LO Globorotalia tosaensis		0.61							21.63
Start small Gephyrocapsa event	1.24				39			24.7	41.1
LO Calcidiscus macintyrei	1.6				58				63.9
LO Globigerinoides fistulosus		1.88	27.88	28	56	6.1	34.87	34.5	71.19	47.9
LO Globigerinoides fistulosus		1.88							74.59
LO Discoaster brouweri	1.93			46	69	35.9		43.4	87.4	47.9
LO Globorotalia limbata		2.39		48	75	15.2		43.4	85.52
LO Discoaster pentaradiatus	2.39		54.75	51	86			49.7	97.5	57.1
LO Globorotalia limbata		2.39					54.265		88.64	47.9
FO Globigerinoides fistulosus		3.33				45.3
LO Dentoglobigerina altispira		3.47	61.04	57	105		54.265	50	114.13	66.7
LO Dentoglobigerina altispira		3.47							117.39
LO Sphenolithus abies	3.54		64.25	60	127			77.2	139.6	66.7
LO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus	3.7				139
LO Globorotalia margaritae		3.85			124		68.83		133.2
LO Globorotalia margaritae		3.85							126.65	76
FO Sphaeroidinella dehiscens		5.53				54.7
FO Globorotalia tumida		5.57	> 72.75
LO Discoaster quinqueramus	5.59		> 72.74	83	305				247.2
LO Globoquadrina dehiscens		5.92		84	341			130.4	280.17	133.6
FO Nicklithus amplificus	6.91				407
LO Globorotalia lenguaensis		6.13							292.79
FO Discoaster quinqueramus/berggrenii?	8.29				484				409.8
Start small Reticulofenestra event	8.79				533				467	225.5
FO Neogloboquadrina acostaensis		9.83				64.2
LO Paragloborotalia mayeri		10.46			587	72.3			649.08
LO Paragloborotalia mayeri		10.46			597				631.98
FO Discoaster hamatus	10.55								658.1
FO Discoaster hamatus	10.55								651.6
LO Coronocycus nitescens	12.12			114	674	424.1
LCO Cyclicargolithus floridanus	13.28				> 707.92	485.6			928.7
FO Fohsella fohsi		13.41		315	> 707.92	470.7			923.67
LO Sphenolithus heteromorphus	13.53			393		492.4			937.1
FO Orbulina suturalis		15.1		446		542.9
FO Sphenolithus heteromorphus	17.71			593		624.3
LO Sphenolithus belemnos	17.95					634.2
LO Sphenolithus pseudoheteromorphus	18.75			635
FO Sphenolithus belemnos	19.03					649.2
FO Sphenolithus pseudoheteromorphus	19.72			679
LO Paragloborotalia kugleri		21.12		769		702.9
FO Sphenolithus delphix	22.82			801
FO Paragloborotalia kugleri		22.96				774.6
LO Sphenolithus ciperoensis	24.04					806.9
LO Sphenolithus distentus	27.27					> 846.7

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