Acknowledgments; p. 3
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Introduction: geologic studies of the Caribbean Sea; p. 7
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Chapter 2. Explanatory notes; p. 15
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SECTION 2: SITE CHAPTERS
Chapter 3. Site 998; p. 49
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Site summary 49
Principal results 49
Background and objectives 50
Seismic stratigraphy 50
Operations 51
Lithostratigraphy 52
Biostratigraphy 62
Paleomagnetism 67
Sedimentation rates and mass accumulation rates 69
Organic geochemistry 71
Inorganic geochemistry 73
Igneous petrology and volcanology 80
Physical properties 86
Downhole measurements 88
Summary and conclusions 95
Shore-based log processing 108
Chapter 4. Site 999; p. 131
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Site summary 131
Principal results 131
Background and objectives 132
Seismic stratigraphy 132
Operations 136
Lithostratigraphy 138
Biostratigraphy 152
Paleomagnetism 158
Sedimentation rates and mass accumulation rates 161
Organic geochemistry 163
Inorganic geochemistry 165
Igneous petrology and volcanology 174
Physical properties 184
Downhole measurements 186
Summary and conclusions 194
Shore-based log processing 210
Chapter 5. Site 1000; p. 231
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Site summary 231
Principal results 231
Background and objectives 232
Seismic stratigraphy 232
Operations 236
Lithostratigraphy 236
Biostratigraphy 248
Paleomagnetism 251
Sedimentation rates and mass accumulation rates 252
Organic geochemistry 254
Inorganic geochemistry 258
Igneous petrology and volcanology 263
Physical properties 264
Downhole measurements 269
Summary and conclusions 274
Shore-based log processing 283
Chapter 6. Site 1001; p. 291
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Site summary 291
Principal results 291
Background and objectives 292
Seismic stratigraphy 293
Operations 295
Lithostratigraphy 296
Biostratigraphy 309
Paleomagnetism 314
Sedimentation rates and mass accumulation rates 315
Organic geochemistry 315
Inorganic geochemistry 316
Igneous petrology and volcanology 323
Physical properties 330
Downhole measurements 336
Summary and conclusions 341
Shore-based log processing 351
Chapter 7. Site 1002; p. 359
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Site summary 359
Principal results 360
Background and objectives 360
Seismic stratigraphy 362
Operations 362
Lithostratigraphy 362
Biostratigraphy 368
Paleomagnetism 368
Organic geochemistry 369
Inorganic geochemistry 369
Physical properties 370
Summary and conclusions 370
SECTION 3: SYNTHESIS
Chapter 8. Caribbean volcanism, Cretaceous/Tertiary impact, and ocean-climate history:
synthesis of Leg 165; p. 377
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SECTION 4: CORES
Core-description forms and core photographs for:
Site 998; p. 403
Site 999; p. 493
Site 1000; p. 601
Site 1001; p. 677
Site 1002; p. 765
SECTION 5: SMEAR SLIDES
Smear-slide descriptions for:
Site 998; p. 821
Site 999; p. 827
Site 1000; p. 838
Site 1001; p. 844
Site 1002; p. 847
SECTION 6: THIN SECTIONS
Thin-section descriptions for:
Site 998; p. 851
Site 1001; p. 852
SECTION 7: PALEONTOLOGICAL THIN SECTIONS
Thin-section descriptions for:
Site 998; p. 865