North and Central America
- Map of North and Central America
- Anadarko Basin (Oklahoma, U.S.A.)
- Bighorn Basin (U.S.A.)
- Blue Hole (Belize)
- Cape Cod (U.S.A.)
- Chesapeake Bay (U.S.A.)
- Chicxulub (Mexico)
- Chicxulub 2 (Mexico)
- Colorado (U.S.A.)
- Colorado 2 (U.S.A.)
- Cornell University (U.S.A.)
- Death Valley (U.S.A.)
- Hawai'i (U.S.A.)
- Koolau (U.S.A.)
- Lake Chalco (Mexico)
- Lake Izabal (Guatemala)
- Lake Petén Itzá (Guatemala)
- Lead (U.S.A.)
- Long Valley (U.S.A.)
- Mallik (Canada)
- Newberry (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey (U.S.A.)
- Nicaragua
- Oklahoma (U.S.A.)
- San Andreas Fault (U.S.A.)
- Sevier Basin (U.S.A.)
- Snake River (U.S.A.)
- Sudbury (Canada)
- U.S. Atlantic Margin (USA)
- Western North America (USA)
Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project (PISDP)
Proposed in: 2004
- Geologic age: Pleistocene
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 7(21)
- Drilled length: 1533.6 M
- Cored length: 1419.6 M
- Core recovered, length: 1400.4 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 98.65%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 91.31%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
(No data returned by database query)
Begin Of Drilling February 3, 2006, End Of Drilling March 11, 2006
Completed
Repository Information: Where the rock samples are stored.
All cooperating Repositories
Lake Sediments:
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Http://peten-itza.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
This is the preferred URL to be used in publications, citations etc.
PISDP
For details, see our
interactive map
Lat/Long : 16.99955, -89.79575
- Project Link
Project Link - Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project
http://peten-itza.icdp-online.org
Please use only this URL in any kind of publication (papers, posters, flyers, citations etc.). Only this URL can be guaranteed to be persistent over coming relaunches of the Web Site.
- Daily News
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2006-03-11
The Peten Itza Scientific Drilling Project has finished the last2006-03-11 postedThe Peten Itza Scientific Drilling Project has finished the last
The Peten Itza Scientific Drilling Project has finished the last
Image: The PISDP comes to a close.
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2006-03-10
The first and second holes at site Pi-6 were finished2006-03-10 postedThe first and second holes at site Pi-6 were finished
The first and second holes at site Pi-6 were finished
Image: James pulls the taughtline in preparation for moving to Pi-6 C.
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2006-03-09
New core liner arrived on the platform for the day2006-03-09 postedNew core liner arrived on the platform for the day
New core liner arrived on the platform for the day
Image: The liner arrives at the platform!
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2006-03-08
Operations are still on hold while we wait for core2006-03-08 postedOperations are still on hold while we wait for core
Operations are still on hold while we wait for core
Image: Dustin and Jason finish building the last row of shelves in the reefer.
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2006-03-07
Today packing of the MSCL equipment and the laboratory equipment2006-03-07 postedToday packing of the MSCL equipment and the laboratory equipment
Today packing of the MSCL equipment and the laboratory equipment
Image: Alicia, Kelsey, Andy and Rosita on Andy's last day at el Remate. Thanks for all of your hard work and entering those driller logs Andy!
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2006-03-06
The DOSECC team continues with platform maintainence.2006-03-06 postedThe DOSECC team continues with platform maintainence.
The DOSECC team continues with platform maintainence.
Image: An artistic view of the platform at night.
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2006-03-05
The platform was towed to Pi-6. Because of a lack2006-03-05 postedThe platform was towed to Pi-6. Because of a lack
The platform was towed to Pi-6. Because of a lack
Image: The shallow southern basin in the mid-afternoon sun.
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2006-03-04
Today the platform was towed to Pi-9 and drilling began.2006-03-04 postedToday the platform was towed to Pi-9 and drilling began.
Today the platform was towed to Pi-9 and drilling began.
Image: The outboard motor that we'll never forget.
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2006-03-03
On Mark's birthday, we finished site Pi7 which is our2006-03-03 postedOn Mark's birthday, we finished site Pi7 which is our
On Mark's birthday, we finished site Pi7 which is our
Image: A happy tool pusher after a hard drilling day.
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2006-03-02
The team celebrated Dave's birthday today after finishing the second2006-03-02 postedThe team celebrated Dave's birthday today after finishing the second
The team celebrated Dave's birthday today after finishing the second
Image: Dave demolishes his birthday pinata.
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- Data Description
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Data Files Last Update 1 All Data All Data 2006
Please open Operational Report for more details.
- Operational Report
Hodell, D.; Anselmetti, F.; Brenner, M.; Ariztegui, D.; the PISDP Science Party (2006):
The Lake Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Project,
> 10.2204/iodp.sd.3.02.2006
Scientific Drilling 3 25-29
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Cohuo, S.; Elias-Gutierrez, M.; Vences, M.; Perez, L.; Schwalb, A. (2018):Integrative Taxonomy Of Freshwater Ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda) Of The Yucatán Peninsula, Implications For Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions In The Northern Neotropical Region. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2018.04.002Zoologischer Anzeiger 272 20-36Macario Gonzalez, L.A. (2017):Environmental History Of The Last 400,000 Years In The Northern Neotropical Region Based On Lake Petén Itzá Sediments. doi:Dissertation Technical University BraunschweigCohuo Duran, S. (2017):Late Quaternary Abrupt Climatic Changes In The Northern Neotropical Region And Their Influence On Aquatic Ecosystem Stability. doi:Dissertation Technical University BraunschweigCohuo Duran, S.; Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Perez, L.; Schwalb, A. (2017):Overview Of Neotropical-Caribbean Freshwater Ostracode Fauna (Crustacea, Ostracoda): Identifying Areas Of Endemism And Assessing Biogeographical Affinities. doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2747-1Hydrobiologia 5-21Macario, L.; Cohuo, S.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Schmid, D.R.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Curtis, J.H.; Schwalb, A. (2017):Environmental History Of The Last 400,000 Years In The Northern Neotropical Region Based On Lake Petén Itzá Sediments. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 106-107Wojewodka, M.; Zawisza, E.; Szeroczynska, K.; Cohuo, S.; Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Schwalb, A. (2017):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 153-154Wojewodka, M.; Zawisza, E.; Szeroczynska, K.; Cohuo, S.; Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Schwalb, A. (2017):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2017 154Asmussen, M.; Cohuo, S.; Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Schwarz, A.; Sylvestre, F.; Pailles, C.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Schwalb, A. (2016):Effects Of Two Late Pleistocene Volcanic Ash Deposits On The Aquatic Ecosystem Of Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala, Inferred From Geochemical And Biological Indicators. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2016 24-25Macario, L.; Cohuo, S.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Curtis, J.H.; Schwalb, A. (2016):First Evidences Of Neotropical Glacial/interglacial (220-85 Ka BP) Climate Change Based On Ostracodes And Geochemical Indicators From Lake Petén Itzá, Northern Guatemala. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2016 28Wojewodka, M.; Zawisza, E.; Cohuo, S.; Macario-Gonzalez, L.; Schwalb, A.; Zawiska, I.; Perez, L. (2016):Advances In Oceanography And Limnology 7 151-162Kutterolf, S.; Schindlbeck, J.C.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Curtis, J.H.; Schmid, D.R.; Hodell, D.A.; Mueller, A.; Perez, L.; Perez, W.; Schwalb, A.; Frische, M.; Wang, K.L. (2016):A 400-ka Tephrochronological Framework For Central America From Lake Petén Itzá (Guatemala) Sediments. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.023Quaternary Science Reviews 150 200-220Kutterolf, S.; Schindlbeck, J.C.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Mueller, A.; Schwalb, A.; Eisele, S.; Hemming, S.R.; Wang, K.L. (2015):Tephrochronology Of Lacustrine Ash Layers In Lake Petén Itzá Sediments Drilled In The Frame Of The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP): Implications For Regional Volcanology And Central American Palaeoclimate. doi:American Geophysical Union Abstracts With Programs 2015 PP51E-06Macario, L.; Cohuo, S.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Curtis, J.H.; Schwalb, A. (2015):First Evidences Of Neotropical Glacial/interglacial (220-85 Ka BP) Climate Change Based On Freshwater Ostracodes And Geochemical Indicators From Lake Petén Itzá, Northern Guatemala. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2015 89-91Macario, L.; Cohuo, S.; Perez, L.; Kutterolf, S.; Schwalb, A. (2014):Effects Of Abrupt Climate Change On Ice Age Ecosystem Of Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala And On Distribution Patterns Of Ostracodes Across The Yucatán Peninsula. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2014 87-88Perez, L.; Curtis, J.H.; Brenner, M.; Hodell, D.A.; Escobar, J.; Lozano, S.; Schwalb, A. (2013):Stable Isotope Values (d18O & D13C) Of Multiple Ostracode Species In A Large Neotropical Lake As Indicators Of Past Changes In Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.044Quaternary Science Reviews 66 96-111Perez, L.; Lorenschat, J.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2012):Biodiversidad De Guatemala 2 121-131Perez, L.; Bugja, R.; Lorenschat, J.; Brenner, M.; Curtis, J.H.; Hoelzmann, P.; Islebe, G.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2011):Aquatic Ecosystems Of The Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), Belize, And Guatemala. doi:10.1007/s10750-010-0552-9Hydrobiologia 661(1) 407-433Perez, L.; Frenzel, P.; Brenner, M.; Escobar, J.; Hoelzmann, P.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2011):Late Quaternary (24-10 Ka BP) Environmental History Of The Neotropical Lowlands Inferred From Ostracodes In Sediments Of Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala. doi:10.1007/s10933-011-9514-0Journal Of Paleolimnology 46(1) 59-74Perez, L.; Lorenschat, J.; Bugja, R.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2010):Distribution, Diversity And Ecology Of Modern Freshwater Ostracodes (Crustacea), And Hydrochemical Characteristics Of Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala. doi:10.4081/jlimnol.2010.146Journal Of Limnology 69(1)Perez, L.; Lorenschat, J.; Bugja, R.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2010):Revista De Biología Tropical 58(3) 871-895Perez, L.; Bugja, R.; Massaferro, J.; Steeb, P.; Van Geldern, R.; Frenzel, P.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2010):Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geológicas 27(3) 490-507Perez, L.; Lorenschat, J.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2010):Environmental History Of Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala, During The Deglacial And Last Glacial Maximum. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2010 110-112Mueller, A.D.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Hodell, D.A.; Curtis, J.H.; Escobar, J.; Gilli, A.; Grzesik, D.A.; Guilderson, T.P.; Kutterolf, S.; Plötze, M. (2010):Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironment Of Northern Guatemala: Evidence From Deep Drill Cores And Seismic Stratigraphy Of Lake Petén Itzá. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01144.xSedimentology 57 1220-1245Perez, L.; Lorenschat, J.; Bugja, R.; Brenner, M.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2010):Distribution, Diversity And Ecology Of Modern Freshwater Ostracodes (Crustacea), And Hydrochemical Characteristics Of Lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala. doi:10.3274/JL10-69-1-14Journal Of Limnology 69(1) 146-159Perez, L.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2009):Living And Fossil Ostracode Species Assemblages From The Yucatán Península As Indicators Of Environmental Change - A Contribution To The Lago Petén Itzá Drilling Project. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2009 119-121Hodell, D.A.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Curtis, J.H.; Gilli, A.; Grzesik, D.A.; Guilderson, T.J.; Müller, A.D.; Bush, M.B. (2008):Quaternary Science Reviews 1152-1165Perez, L.; Alfaro, G.; Palmieri, M.; Dix, M.; Maldonado, M.; Islebe, G.; Scharf, B.; Schwalb, A. (2008):Paleoclima Y Paleoecología De Las Tierras Bajas Del Norte De Los Neotrópicos: Investigación Limnológica Y Extracción De Sedimentos Del Lago Petén Itzá (Guatemala). doi:Revista Universidad Del Valle De Guatemala 18 65-83Anselmetti, F.S.; Hodell, D.A.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Rosenmeier, M.F. (2007):Geology 35(10) 915-918Hodell, D.A.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Brenner, M.; Ariztegui, D.; PISDP Science Party (2006):Scientific Drilling 3 25-29Hodell, D.A.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Curtis, J.H.; PISDP Science Party (2006):DOSECC News 4 5-6Hodell, D.A.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Brenner, M.; Curtis, J.H.; PISDP Science Party (2006):DOSECC News 4 1-2Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D.; Hodell, D.A.; Hillesheim, M.B.; Brenner, M.; Gilli, A.; McKenzie, J.A.; Mueller, A.D. (2006):Late Quaternary Climate-induced Lake Level Variations In Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala, Inferred From Seismic Stratigraphic Analysis. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.037Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 230(1-2) 52-69Peterson, L.C.; Haug, G.H. (2005):American Scientist July-AugustPeterson, L.C.; Haug, G.H. (2005):Spektrum Der Wissenschaft January 42-48Hodell, D.A.; Brenner, M. (2004):ICDP-Newsletter 6 7-13Brenner, M.; Rosenmeier, M.F.; Hodell, D.A.; Curtis, J.H.; Anselmetti, F.S.; Ariztegui, D. (2002):Revista Universidad Del Valle De Guatemala 12 2-9
- WorkshopsICDP Workshop: Scientific Drilling in Lake Peten Itza
Flores, Guatemala
on August 17 to 21, 2003
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