Collaborative Research: Paleogene to Neogene Depositional Sequences on the New Jersey Coastal Plain: A Drilling Project

该项目涉及一个综合横断面的钻孔， 美国大西洋中部地区解决大陆边缘问题 渐新世的记录-最近全球海平面变化。 这些 变化受冰川海平面变化（冰量）控制 变化. 被动大陆边缘露头剖面 需要对深海进行评估， 海平面变化。 该样带需要在岸上和 和海上（ODP 150航次）。 主要研究人员将演练 在新泽西的三个连续取芯和记录的钻孔 靠近海滩、大西洋城和新泽西州五月角的沿海平原。 该项目将是罗格斯大学， LDGO/哥伦比亚和美国地质勘探局东部区域分支。 磁性地层学的多学科应用， 生物地层、锶同位素地层和氧同位素 冰川海平面变化曲线结合地震地层学， 陆上和海上威尔斯井将提供一个全面的 数据集 海平面变化的地质记录 发展全球古气候模式的制约因素 变化

This project involves an integrated transect of boreholes on the U.S. mid-Atlantic region to address the continental margin record of the Oligocene-Recent global sea-level changes. These changes have been controlled by glacioeustatic (ice-volume) variations. Transects of passive continental margins from outcrop to the deep sea are needed to evaluate the timing and amplitude of sea-level variations. The transect requires drilling both onshore and offshore (ODP Leg 150). The Principal Investigators will drill three continuously cored and logged boreholes in the New Jersey coastal plain near Island Beach, Atlantic City, and Cape May, NJ. The project will be a collaborative effort among Rutgers, LDGO/Columbia, and the Eastern Regional Branch of the USGS. The multidisciplinary use of magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, Sr-isotope stratigraphy and oxygen isotope glacioeustatic curves combined with seismic stratigraphy to tie together onshore and offshore wells will provide a comprehensive data set. The geologic record of sea level changes gives factual constraints for developing models of global paleoclimatological change.