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doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.302.2004
PRIORITY OF OBJECTIVES
The first priority (I) is the continuous recovery of a ~450 m thick sediment sequence from the crest of the Lomonosov Ridge between 87°N and 88°N. If we can achieve continuous sampling of the 450 m thick section in one of our key sites, the fundamental paleoceanographic objectives would be met. These sites are all located between 87°N and 88°N.
The second priority (II) is to sample the sites located near the Siberian margin, in order to recover a paleoceanographic Neogene sediments at higher, sub-millennial scale, resolution and to create a latitudinal transect spanning over ~6° of latitude in the Arctic Ocean.
The third priority (III) is to sample the transition across the regional unconformity to establish the pre-Cenozoic environmental setting of the ridge, and to study the rifting and timing of tectonic events that affected the ridge.