georefid:2002-076708georefid:2002-076707SEDIS Publication Catalogue

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http://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2002-0767082001-01-01publicationgeorefid:2002-076708Gillis, Kathryn M.University of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC, CanadaauthorGeological Association of Canada, Toronto, ON, CanadapublisherdocumentHardcopyIn: Srivastava, Shiri (convener), Salisbury, Matthew (convener), Enachescu, Michael (convener), Ocean drilling; successes, opportunities and challenges28 (4)163-170The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) have fundamentally changed our understanding of the Earth system. Drilling in the south Atlantic Ocean provided the critical test of the theory of plate tectonics and initiated innovative programs to investigate the products, fluxes, and processes associated with the creation, evolution, and recycling of the oceanic lithosphere. Key findings include a new and evolving understanding of the range and complexity of processes of oceanic lithosphere creation, and their probable importance in global geochemical cycles and seawater composition over time. Major questions remain about details, rates, and significance of lithospheric processes and fluxes. The expanded capabilities of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP, to begin in 2003), will offer many exciting opportunities, including a chance to assess the role of lithospheric creation in global geochemical and climatic cycles.completedOceanographySolid-earth geophysicsAtlantic Oceanblack smokersclimate changecorescrustDeep Sea Drilling Projectgeochemical cyclegeophysical methodshydrothermal ventsIntegrated Ocean Drilling Programlithospheremassive depositsmassive sulfide depositsmid-ocean ridgesmineral compositionmineral resourcesOcean Drilling Programocean floorsoceanic crustoceanic lithospherepetrologyplate tectonicsprogramssea-floor spreadingseismic methodsSouth Atlanticvelocity structureEnglishgeoscientificInformation-80.000020.0000-60.000075.0000Atlantic Ocean