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| | CAPE BASIN GROUP (SITES 1085, 1086, AND 1087) |
 | | At Site 1085, the calcareous ooze is clay rich and olive in color, as appropriate for a strong hemipelagic influence. |
 | | An important question is whether the Cape group shows roughly the same patterns, as far as carbonate deposition and organic matter deposition, as the group of cores off Namibia or whether there are striking differences. |
 | | Also, the position of shifts is fairly congruent: a drop near 8 Ma (at Site 1085), a rise at 6.25 Ma (at Sites 1086 and 1087), and a drop near 1 Ma—all superposed on a general rise in organic matter content after 10 Ma (in good agreement with Siesser, 1980). |
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