Drilling Projects By
World
Geological Time
Climate & Ecosystems
Sustainable Georesources
Natural Hazards
South America
Tahiti Sea-Level Expedition 2005
Drilling on coral reefs
The Scientifc Goals are
- to reconstruct the sea-level rise following the Last Glacial Maximum, 21 000 years ago, when half of North America and most of Northern Europe were covered by thick ice sheets and sea-level was about 120 metres lower than today
- to reconstruct associated changes in sea-surface temperatures
- to analyze the effects of climatic and sea-level changes on reef building
