Scientific Objectives and Strategies

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Scientific Objectives and Strategies

• Objectives
• Quantify climatic and chemical variability of the
  ocean on short timescales (last 300 kyr)
• Determine sensitivity to internal and external
  forcing
• Determine oceans role in controlling atmospheric
  pCO2

Strategy Co-ordinate international cruises to
retrieve high-resolution sediment cores Collect,
distribute, and synthesise paleoclimatic and
paleoceanographic data Organise workshops and
conferences
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Example, TRINS
Exploring Late Pleistocene Climate Variations
Global comparison of high-resolution, rapid
climate change records from various locations
and cores. Authors M. Sarnthein, J.P. Kennett,
J. Chappell, T. Crowley, W. Curry, J.C. Duplessy,
P. Grootes, I. Hendy, C. Laj, J. Negendank, M.
Schulz, N.J. Shackleton, A. Völker, B. Zolitschka
and the other Trins Workshop participants. From
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union,
Vol. 81, No. 51, December 19, 2000, Pages 625,
629-630
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IMAGES Coring Sites I
North-East PacificCarribean
North AtlanticMediterranean
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IMAGES Coring Sites II
African Margin, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea,
Pacific, Carribean
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Members of the Images Program (2002)
AustraliaCanadaChileChina, PRDenmarkFranceGe
rmanyIcelandIndia
Indonesia ItalyJapanMexicoThe NetherlandsNew
ZealandNorwayPortugalRussia
South AfricaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwan,
ROCTunisiaUnited KingdomUSA