TABLE 1. Facies and their sedimentological characters.
|
Facies |
Samples |
Depth |
Main features |
|
| Framework Coral | FC | AP01, AP030 | 512-747 | Biocostruction dominated by Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 and Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) colonies |
| Coral Rubble | CR | AP07, AP15, AP17 | 525-649 | Silt and sandy silt mixed with abundant biogenic detritus mostly derived from the fragmentation of colonial corals |
| Solitary Coral | SC/HG | AP29, AP04, AP09, AP11 | 505-790 | Fine sediments including cobbles and pebbles and hard ground fragments, both colonized by solitary corals |
| Gryphus and Isidella | GI | AP08, AP14t, AP14b | 525-530 | Fine-grained sediments with Gryphus vitreus (Born, 1778) and Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) |
| Mollusc Mud | MM | AP19t, AP19b, AP21t, AP21b, AP22b, AP24t, AP24b | 638-655 | Mud with dispersed mollusc shells mostly colonised by Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835) and Ebalia |
| Foraminifer Mud | FM | AP02, AP03t, AP03b, AP05t, AP05b | 506 | Silt and bioclastic sand with foraminifers and rare pteropods |
