Radiolarians occur at five Leg 126 sites. Well-preserved radiolarians were recovered from Miocene and Pliocene through Holocene sections. The results of this study may help to fill the informational gap on Quaternary radiolarian distribution at mid-latitudes in the western Pacific. Radiolarian preservation is discontinuous, and, although present in Oligocene sections, specimens are poorly preserved.
Supplement to: Aitchison, Jonathan C (1992): Radiolarians from sediments of the Izu-Bonin Region, Leg 126. In: Taylor, B; Fujioka, K.; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 126, 321-330, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.126.140.1992