Overview
The excellent preservation and relative youth of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, its geographic and stratigraphic positions, and its hydrologic characteristics make it a highly desirable deep-drilling target where three high-profile scientific issues may be addressed at a single drill site. These issues constitute the three project objectives; they are:
- understanding the processes and products of a marine impact,
- understanding the consequences of the impact for groundwater resource management, and
- understanding the post-impact, middle to late Cenozoic sea-level history, stratigraphic sequences, and climate variability of the Mid-Atlantic segment of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin.
Online Proceedings Volume (02-Feb-2004)
The complete preliminary proposal from January 15, 2004
List of Proposals and Science Teams
(resulting from Call For Research Proposals: ICDP-USGS Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project)
