Figure 3

Core images. (a) Core section examples (from Site M0079) of typical sedimentary facies in marine (left; Facies Association 1, homogeneous mud) and isolated (right; Facies Association 4, laminated greenish grey to grey mud with mud beds) intervals; (b) Typical microfossil assemblages from marine (above) and isolated (below) intervals (from Site M0079). Marine assemblage image shows planktic forams from >125 μm fraction; isolated assemblage (at 1000x magnification) shows non-marine planktonic diatom taxon Pantocsekiella ocellata.