Arctic Ocean Scientific Drilling: The Next Frontier

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: Ruediger Stein, Bernard Coakley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Yermak Plateau; Climate change; Fram Strait; Lomonosov Ridge; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.sd.9.09.2010; https://doaj.org/article/53a2d56903134b4cb509457374d93d5f

The modern Arctic Ocean appears to be changing faster than any other region on Earth. To understand the potential extent of high latitude climate change, it is necessary to sample the history stored in the sediments filling the basins and covering the ridges of the Arctic Ocean. These sediments have...