georefid:2004-064156SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2004-064156<gco:CharacterString>Do I hear a million?</gco:CharacterString>2004-01-01publicationgeorefid:2004-064156White, James W. C.University of Colorado, Environmental Studies Program, Boulder, CO, United StatesauthorAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United StatespublisherdocumentHardcopyScience304 (5677)1609-1610The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) recently completed drilling an ice core dating back 740,000 b.p.; setting a record nearly twice as long as the previous. At a recent meeting of the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences, participants set a goal of recovering an ice core of 1 million years in time to honor the International Polar Year in 2007-2008. (mte)completedQuaternary geologyaliphatic hydrocarbonsalkanesAntarctic ice sheetAntarcticacarbon dioxideCenozoicclimate changecorescorrelationcyclesEPICAForaminiferahydrocarbonsice coresInvertebrataisotope ratiosisotopesmarine sedimentsmethanemicrofossilsO-18/O-16Ocean Drilling Programorganic compoundsoxygenpaleoclimatologypaleoenvironmentperiodicityPleistoceneProtistaQuaternarysedimentsstable isotopesEnglishgeoscientificInformation-180.0000180.0000-90.0000-61.0000Antarctica