Open AccessA 500,000‐year‐long sediment archive drilled in eastern Anatolia
Author(s) -
Litt Thomas,
Anselmetti Flavio S.,
Cagatay M. Namik,
Kipfer Rolf,
Krastel Sebastian,
Schmincke HansUlrich,
Sturm Michael
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2011eo510002
Subject(s) - geology , drilling , volcano , sedimentary rock , sediment , tectonics , paleontology , earth science , paleoclimatology , erosion , oceanography , climate change , mechanical engineering , engineering
Sedimentary archives host a wealth of information that can be used to reconstruct paleoclimate as well as the tectonic and volcanic histories of specific regions. Long and continuous archives from the oceans have been collected in thousands of locations by scientific ocean drilling programs over the past 40 years. In contrast, suitable continental archives are rare because terrestrial environments are generally nondepositional and/or subject to erosion. Lake sediments provide ideal drilling targets to overcome this limitation if suitable lakes at key locations have existed continuously for a long time.