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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.308.201.2008

Introduction

At a water depth of 1319 m, Site U1322 was the deepest site drilled in the Ursa Basin during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 308 (Expedition 308 Scientists, 2005). A late Quaternary sediment sequence of 234.5 m was recovered from Hole U1322B. Complete core recovery made the hole ideal for isotopic analyses. We measured stable isotopes in samples from this hole, aiming to establish an oxygen isotopic stratigraphy for the site and to provide information useful for interpreting paleoenvironmental changes in the region.