KESIMPULAN
1. Site 278 berisi rangkaian endapan
sedimen silika yang hampir kontinu
pada akhir zaman purba Pliosen
hingga Awal Pleistosen (101-167,5
m). Biostratigrafi radiolarian
menunjukkan Masa Matuyama
Reversed yang hampir lengkap, yang
mencakup zona radiolarian x dan
sebagian zona radiolaria.
2. Frekuensi osilasi dari radiolaria
yang berasal dari Antarctissa
strelkovi menentukan 9 atau 10
episode suhu hangat di bagian
Matuyama yang dipelihara di Site
278.
3. Sebuah disconformity substansial
dijumpai setebal pada 167,5 meter,
ditandai dengan perubahan
mendadak dalam biostratigrafi
radiolaria, telah menghilangkan Hays, J. D. and Opdyke, N. D., 1967.
sebagian besar yang berumur Pliosen Antarctic Radiolaria, magnetic
Tengah (termasuk F. Matuyama reversals, and climatic change:
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