Geological Record of Indian Ocean Sedimentation

大洋钻探计划现已在印度洋完成了长达18个月的钻探和取心作业。ODP型钻探的结果现在可以与该地区早期深海钻探项目(DSDP)钻探的数据以及新的板块构造重建相结合。这一奖项将支持美国参与最近在英国资助的这样一个合成项目。这项研究的基本目的是记录新生代在四个关键时期(中始新世、始新世/渐新世、中中新世和中新世/上新世)发生的构造、气候和海洋变化的沉积和生物响应。戴维斯博士在这项研究中的作用是为印度洋所有地点建立一个一致的沉积物特征数据库，编制关键时期的沉积物特性图，并确定印度洋盆地的沉积速率和质量平衡。//

The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) has now completed 18 months of drilling and coring operations in the Indian Ocean. The results of ODP drilling can now be integrated with data from earlier Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) drilling in the region and with new plate tectonic reconstructions. This award will support US participation in such a synthesis project which has recently been funded in Great Britain. The basic objective of this study is to document the sedimentary and biotic response to tectonic, climatic and oceanographic changes which occurred at four critical time intervals in the Cenozoic (middle Eocene, Eocene/Oligocene, middle Miocene, and Miocene/Pliocene). Dr. Davies role in this study is to produce a consistent data base of sediment characteristics for all Indian Ocean sites, preparation of maps of sediment properties during the critical time periods, and to determine sedimentation rates and mass balances for the basins of the Indian Ocean.//