Collaborative Research: Developing a Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatic Record from the Fjords and Continental Margin of Southeast Alaska

这是一个进行地球物理调查并从阿拉斯加东南部的峡湾和大陆架获取沉积物岩芯的项目。收集的数据将用于研究该地区全新世和晚冰期的气候变异性。特别是，这项研究将确定该地区的陆地气候变化是否与区域海洋条件的变化有关，以及类似于历史记录中的气候变化(称为太平洋年代际振荡)的年代际气候变化是否记录在快速积累的峡湾沉积物中。如果发现产生重要古气候记录的地点，综合海洋钻探计划的钻探建议将针对这些地点。

This is a project to conduct geophysical surveys and acquire sediment cores from the fjords and continental shelf of southeastern Alaska. The data collected will be used to examine climatic variability in this region over the Holocene and Late Glacial interval. In particular, the study will determine if terrestrial climate changes in this region are linked to changes in regional ocean conditions and if decadal-scale climate changes, analogous to those in the historical record (referred to as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation"), are recorded in rapidly accumulating fjord sediments. If localities are discovered that yield important paleoclimatic records, these localities will be targeted in a drilling proposal for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.