DEPTH, sediment [m] is given in mcd. The table shows age tie-lines by astronomical calibration of the color reflectance record (and thus the sapropels). The mid-depths of the sapropels were taken for the age tie-lines. A 3-k.y. precession lag was assumed based on the age difference between the youngest, Holocene sapropel S1 and the correlative precession minimum. The user is referred to Lourens et al. (1996, doi:10.1029/96PA01125) for details of the tuning method. A correlation is made with the assigned ages of sapropels observed in the southern Italian land section. + = the Pacific Site 849 d18O record (Mix et al., 1984, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.138.120.1995) was used to produce additional age tie-lines for the last 1 m.y. ++ = The Italian sections are Punta Piccola, Sicily (Italy), Vrica, and Singa, Calabria (Italy) (see Lourens et al., 1996, doi:10.1029/96PA01125; 1996, doi:10.1029/96PA02691).