Table 1 Calcareous nannofossil events considered for Expedition 359.

From: The abrupt onset of the modern South Asian Monsoon winds

Event

Age (Ma)

FO Emiliania huxleyi

0.29

LO Pseudoemiliania lacunosa

0,44

LO G. lumina/ small Gephyrocapsa interval

1,24

LO Calcidiscus macintyrei

1,6

LO Discoaster brouweri

1,93

LO Discoaster pentaradiatus

2,39

LO Sphenolithus abies

3,54

LO Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus

3,7

LO Discoaster quinqueramus

5,59

FO Nicklithus amplificus

6.91

FO Discoaster berggrenii/quinqueramus

8,29

FO base small Reticulofenester interval

8,79

LO Discoaster hamatus

9,53

FO Discoaster hamatus

10,55

LO Coronocycus nitescens

11.9

LCO Cyclicargolithus floridanus

13.28

LO Sphenolithus heteromorphus

13,53

FO Sphenolithus heteromorphus

17,71

LO Sphenolithus belemnos

17,95

FO Sphenolithus pseudoheteromorphus

18.75

FO Sphenolithus belemnos

19,03

LO Sphenolithus pseudoheteromorphus

19.72

FO Sphenolithus delphix

22.82

LO Sphenolithus delphix

23,11

LO Sphenolithus ciperoensis

24,04

  1. Ages are based on ref. 29. FO: first occurrence; LO: last occurrence.