Accumulation rates of Mississippi Fan sediments cored during Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 96.

Abstract

In the uppermost stratigraphic Zone Z sediment accumulation is comparable to that found in hemipelagic sequences (1-10 g/cm2. 103 yr). In Zone Y (late Wisconsin glacial), which spans a period of fluctuating sea level, the accumulation rates are one to three orders of magnitude greater than in Zone Z. The accumulation rates of the Ericson Zone X (late Wisconsin interglacial) are intermediate (about 100 g/cm2. 103 yr). -from Authors