Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 Scientific Prospectus Extreme Warmth in the Cretaceous and Paleogene: A Depth Transect on Shatsky Rise, Central Pacific This publication is available in HTML and Acrobat PDF format. HTML is intended for on-line viewing only. Use the PDF file to generate a printed version or to view higher resolution graphics. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Publisher's Notes and Disclaimer Scientific Report Abstract Overview of Scientific Objectives Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of Shatsky Rise Detailed Scientific Objectives Long- and Short-Term Warming in the Paleogene Mid- and Late Cretaceous Cretaceous Climate Mid-Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Events General Early Cretaceous Paleoceanography Nature and Age of Shatsky Rise Basement Operation Plan Primary Drilling Strategy Site Location Drilling Problems Alternate Drilling Strategy Logging Plan Sampling Plan Critical Intervals References Figures Table 1. Primary Operations Plan and Time Estimate Table 2. Alternate Operations Plan and Time Estimate Table 3. Thickness and Velocities of Shatsky Sequences Site Summaries Site: SHAT-1 Site: SHAT-2B Site: SHAT-3 Site: SHAT-4 Site: SHAT-5C Site: SHAT-6 Site: SHAT-7 Site: SHAT-8 Site: SHAT-9B Site: SHAT-10 Site: SHAT-11 Site: SHAT-12 Site: SHAT-13 Site: SHAT-14 Scientific Participants (updated 28 August 2001) Date posted: 20 April 2001 To receive the complete electronic copy of this report, download: Acrobat PDF file - 7.2 Mb If you would rather download portions of the report, it has been split into several files: Acrobat PDF file - 1.1 Mb (Text, figures, and tables) Acrobat PDF file - 3.8 Mb (Site Summaries: SHAT-1 through SHAT-8) Acrobat PDF file - 2.7 Mb (Site Summaries: SHAT-9B through SHAT-14 and Scientific Participants) You need Adobe Acrobat Reader (available for free) to open and print the PDF file. For comments or additional information write us at: Publication Services Feedback Scientific Prospectus | ODP Publications | ODP Science Operator