Continental Drilling for Paleoclimatic Records

Recommendations from an International Workshop

 

GeoForschungsZentrum, Postdam, June 30 - July 2, 1995

Sponsored by the GeoForschungsZentrum, Postdam, Germany
in conjunction with the International Continntal Drilling Programme (ICDP)

 

Edited by Steven M. Colman


Workshop Report, Series 96-4


 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP 1.1 Meeting Description
1.2 Agenda
1.3 Workings Groups
2. INTRODUCTION    
3. RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES    
4. SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE OF CONTINENTAL PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS  4.1 General Considerations
4.2 Models and Mechanisms of Climate Change
4.3 Spatial Dimensions and Scales
4.4 Time Scales and Age Resolution
4.5 Societal Relevance
5. RECOMMENDATIONS 

 

 

5.1 Planning and Advance Work
5.2 Drilling Technology and Operations
5.3 Post-Drilling Operations
5.4 Drilling Technology for Remote Areas
5.5 Sampling and Analytical Protocols
5.6 Data Management and Dissemination
5.7 Publication Protocols
6. LAKE DRILLING TASK FORCE   
7. LINKAGES   
8. SUMMARY   
9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   
10. REFERENCES CITED   

 A-1 Other Sources of Information  A-1.1 The Ocean Drilling Program
A-1.2 Research Protocols for PALE
A-1.3 IMAGES Science and Implementation Plan
A-1.4 LRC Core Lab Facility Handbook
A-1.5 Ocean and Land Sample Repository at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
A-1.6 PAGES Workshop Report: Global Paleoenvironmental Data
A-1.7 Edited Volumes on Lake Sediments
 A-2 Inventory of Drilling equipment for recovery of long lacustrine sequences  A-2.1 Introduction
A-2.2 The questionnaire
A-2.3 Responses
A-2.4 Acknowledgements
 A-3 List of Workshop Participants   
 A-4. List of Acronyms