Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future

The 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, flux...

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Main Author: Gillis, Kathryn M.
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Language:English
Published: Geological Association of Canada 2001
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spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/4098 2023-05-15T18:21:16+02:00 Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future Gillis, Kathryn M. 2001-12-12 application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4098 eng eng Geological Association of Canada https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4098/4611 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/4098 Copyright (c) 2015 Geoscience Canada Geoscience Canada; Volume 28, Number 4 (2001) 1911-4850 0315-0941 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2001 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:48:03Z The 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. Résumé Le Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) [projet de forages des fonds océaniques profonds] et le Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) [programme de forages océaniques] ont changé fondamentalement notre compréhension du système terrestre. Le forage de l'océan Atlantique sud a constitué le test déterminant de la théorie de la tectonique des plaques, et a permis de lancer des programmes d'étude inédits des produits, flux et processus liés à la création, l'évolution et le recyclage de la lithosphère océanique. Parmi les retombées de première importance se trouve cette compréhension nouvelle et en pleine évolution quant à l'étendue et la complexité des processus de création lithosphérique océanique et leur importance probable sur les cycles géochimiques planétaires et la composition de l'eau de mer dans le temps. D'importantes questions demeurent sans réponse quant aux détails, aux taux et à la portée des processus et flux lithosphériques. Les capacités accrus du Integrated Ocean Drilling Proram (IODP) [programme intégré de forages des fonds océaniques] devant débuter en 2003 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper South Atlantic Ocean University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals
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description The 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. Résumé Le Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) [projet de forages des fonds océaniques profonds] et le Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) [programme de forages océaniques] ont changé fondamentalement notre compréhension du système terrestre. Le forage de l'océan Atlantique sud a constitué le test déterminant de la théorie de la tectonique des plaques, et a permis de lancer des programmes d'étude inédits des produits, flux et processus liés à la création, l'évolution et le recyclage de la lithosphère océanique. Parmi les retombées de première importance se trouve cette compréhension nouvelle et en pleine évolution quant à l'étendue et la complexité des processus de création lithosphérique océanique et leur importance probable sur les cycles géochimiques planétaires et la composition de l'eau de mer dans le temps. D'importantes questions demeurent sans réponse quant aux détails, aux taux et à la portée des processus et flux lithosphériques. Les capacités accrus du Integrated Ocean Drilling Proram (IODP) [programme intégré de forages des fonds océaniques] devant débuter en 2003 ...
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author Gillis, Kathryn M.
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Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
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title Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
title_short Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
title_full Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
title_fullStr Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
title_full_unstemmed Nature and Origin of the Oceanic Lithosphere: Some Insights from Past Ocean Drilling and Plans for the Future
title_sort nature and origin of the oceanic lithosphere: some insights from past ocean drilling and plans for the future
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