1. Leg 202 Summary

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Leg Objectives

Modern Oceanographic Setting

Tectonic Setting

OPERATIONAL INNOVATIONS

HOLOCENE-LATE PLEISTOCENE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD BEHAVIOR (SITES 1233-1235)

CENOZOIC BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHIC REFERENCE SECIONS (SITES 1237 AND 1241)

AGE MODELS AND MASS ACCUMULATION RATES OF LEG 202 SITES

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS

TECTONICS AND CLIMATE

ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE VARIABILITY

MILLENNIAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGES: POLAR, TROPICAL, OR EXTRATERRESTRIAL CAUSES?

SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVES

LEG 202 SITE SUMMARIES

REFERENCES

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