mid-Cretaceous climate in the High Arctic region

Characterize high Arctic paleoenvironments during the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse world (incl. OAE 2) using marine sediment cores from Baffin Bay, recovered by IODP Expedition 344S.

Funding Source(s): ECORD

Period: 2020 (possibly postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19)

Region: Baffin Bay

Techniques/proxies: Biomarkers (isorenieratane, lycopene)

Material/data: Sediment core