FEC for participation on IODP Leg 313

了解海平面波动的历史、原因和影响是地球系统研究的一个重要目标。如今，海岸线被侵占的影响不仅在世界范围内显而易见，而且这种变化的速度也在明显加快。在上个世纪，全球海平面的上升速度为每年约1.8毫米（Church和White， 2006年），而今天的上升速度为每年约3.25毫米（Cazenave等人，2009年），部分原因是人为影响（Barnett， 1990年）。此外，在许多沿海地区，由于局部沉降的额外影响，这一比率仍然更高。地质记录表明，全球海平面以高达20-40毫米/年的速率波动了100多米（Donovan等人，1979年的摘要）（Fairbanks, 1989； Stanford等人，2006年）。总的来说，新泽西边缘是研究新生代（最近~ 5000万年）海平面变化及其与层序地层学关系的理想地点，原因如下：1、沉积速率快。-构造稳定性。-保存完好，适合年龄控制的世界性化石是该边缘沉积物在整个感兴趣的时间间隔内的特征。-有大量的地震、测井和钻孔数据，可用于制定总体目标和选择适当的钻探地点。

Understanding the history, cause, and impact of sea level fluctuations is a compelling goal of Earth system research. Not only are worldwide effects of encroaching shorelines evident today-the rate of this change is clearly increasing. Whereas global sea level rise during the previous century was ~1.8 mm/y (Church and White, 2006), today that rate is ~3.25 mm/y (Cazenave et al., 2009), in part due to anthropogenic influences (Barnett, 1990). Furthermore, in many coastal regions the rate is still higher because of the additional effect of local subsidence. The geologic record shows that global sea level has fluctuated by well over 100 m (summaries in Donovan et al., 1979) at rates as high as 20-40 mm/y (Fairbanks, 1989; Stanford et al., 2006). The New Jersey margin in general is an ideal location to investigate the Cenozoic history (last ~50 million years) of sea-level change and its relationship to sequence stratigraphy for several reasons: -,Rapid depositional rates. - Tectonic stability. - Well-preserved, cosmopolitan fossils suitable for age control characterize the sediments of this margin throughout the time interval of interest. - There exists a large set of seismic, well log, and borehole data with which to frame the general objectives and choose appropriate drill sites.