Exp. 383 Plio-Pleistocene Dynamics of the Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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Plio-Pleistocene Dynamics of the Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current

• プロポーザル #912-Full, #912-Add
• Scientific Prospectus, Addendum
•         Preliminary Report
•         IODP Proceedings

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航海予定期間

2019年5月20日～7月20日

掘削船

JOIDES Resolution

乗船/下船地

 Punta Arenas to Valparaiso, Chile

掘削地点

南太平洋～亜南極海、チリ辺縁部

科学目的

IODP Expedition 383 will investigate the Pliocene-Pleistocene atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere dynamics of the Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), and their role in regional and global climate and atmospheric CO2 based on sediment records with the highest possible stratigraphic resolution.

The expedition will test two major scientific hypotheses: (1) ACC dynamics and Drake Passage throughflow conditioned the global Meridional Overturning Circulation and high-low climate linkages on orbital and submillennial time-scales since the Pliocene. (2) Variations in the Pacific ACC determine the physical and biological characteristics of the oceanic carbon pump and atmospheric CO2.

The ACC is the world’s largest current system connecting all three major basins of the global ocean (the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans) integrating and responding to climate signals throughout the globe. By inducing strong upwelling and formation of new water masses, the ACC also fundamentally affects the global meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets, and has been recognized as a key mechanism in regulating variations in atmospheric CO2 and global climate.

IODP Expedition 383 will target six primary sites on a transect in the central South Pacific between the modern Polar Front and the Subantarctic Zone, and at the Chilean Margin close to the Drake Passage. Central Pacific sites will document the Plio-Quaternary ACC paleoenvironmental history at water depths ranging from 5100 to 3600 m. At the Chilean Margin the sites provide a depth transect (~1000 – 3900 m) across the major Southern Ocean water masses that will document Plio-Pleistocene changes in the vertical structure of the ACC – a key issue for understanding the role of the Southern Ocean in the global carbon cycle.

The planned drilling strategy is designed for recovering sediment sequences suitable for ultra-high-resolution studies. The proposed sites are located at latitudes and water depths where sediments will allow the application of a wide range of siliciclastic, carbonate, and opal-based proxies for reconstructing surface to deep ocean variations and their relation to atmosphere and cryosphere changes with unprecedented stratigraphic detail.

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Frank Lamy and Gisela Winckler

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