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

该项目涉及美国大西洋中部地区的一个完整的钻孔断面，以解决渐新世大陆边缘记录--最近的全球海平面变化。这些变化是由冰川(冰量)变化控制的。需要从露头到深海的被动大陆边缘横断面来评估海平面变化的时间和幅度。该横断面需要在陆上和海上进行钻探(ODP150段)。首席调查员将在大西洋城岛屿海滩和新泽西州梅斯角附近的新泽西沿海平原钻三个连续取心和记录的钻孔。该项目将是罗格斯大学、LDGO/哥伦比亚大学和美国地质勘探局东部地区分部之间的合作努力。多学科使用磁性地层学、生物地层学、锶同位素地层学和氧同位素冰川稳定曲线，结合地震地层学将陆上和海上油井联系在一起，将提供全面的数据集。海平面变化的地质记录为全球古气候变化模型的建立提供了事实约束。

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.