1. Leg 202 Summary

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

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

Chile Margin (Sites 1232-1235)

Nazca Ridge (Sites 1236 and 1237)

Carnegie Ridge (Sites 1238 and 1239)

Panama Basin and Cocos Rise (Sites 1240-1242)

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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