The dissolution fades of 68 sediment samples from Leg 73 were determined by analyzing carbonate content and grain size. All sediments (Miocene to Pleistocene) from Site 519 and the Pliocene sediments from Site 520 were eolytic or oligolytic; that is, they were deposited above the lysocline. Miocene sediments from Site 520 were mesolytic or pleistolytic (deposited below the lysocline).
Supplement to: Finger, Willi (1984): Carbonate dissolution facies of late Miocene to Pleistocene sediments from Leg 73, Sites 519 and 520 (South Atlantic). In: Hsü, KJ; LaBrecque, JL; et al. (eds.), Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (U.S. Govt. Printing Office), 73, 765-769