Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics
This article presents the scientific rationale for an ambitious ICDP drilling project to continuously sample Late Cretaceous to modern sediment in four different sedimentary basins that transect the equatorial Amazon of Brazil, from the Andean foreland to the Atlantic Ocean. The goals of this projec...
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| author | P. A. Baker S. C. Fritz C. G. Silva C. A. Rigsby M. L. Absy R. P. Almeida M. Caputo C. M. Chiessi F. W. Cruz C. W. Dick S. J. Feakins J. Figueiredo K. H. Freeman C. Hoorn C. Jaramillo A. K. Kern E. M. Latrubesse M. P. Ledru A. Marzoli A. Myrbo A. Noren W. E. Piller M. I. F. Ramos C. C. Ribas R. Trnadade A. J. West I. Wahnfried D. A. Willard |
| author_facet | P. A. Baker S. C. Fritz C. G. Silva C. A. Rigsby M. L. Absy R. P. Almeida M. Caputo C. M. Chiessi F. W. Cruz C. W. Dick S. J. Feakins J. Figueiredo K. H. Freeman C. Hoorn C. Jaramillo A. K. Kern E. M. Latrubesse M. P. Ledru A. Marzoli A. Myrbo A. Noren W. E. Piller M. I. F. Ramos C. C. Ribas R. Trnadade A. J. West I. Wahnfried D. A. Willard |
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| description | This article presents the scientific rationale for an ambitious ICDP
drilling project to continuously sample Late Cretaceous to modern sediment
in four different sedimentary basins that transect the equatorial Amazon of
Brazil, from the Andean foreland to the Atlantic Ocean. The goals of this
project are to document the evolution of plant biodiversity in the Amazon
forests and to relate biotic diversification to changes in the physical
environment, including climate, tectonism, and the surface landscape. These
goals require long sedimentary records from each of the major sedimentary
basins across the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, which can only be obtained
by drilling because of the scarcity of Cenozoic outcrops. The proposed
drilling will provide the first long, nearly continuous regional records of
the Cenozoic history of the forests, their plant diversity, and the
associated changes in climate and environment. It also will address
fundamental questions about landscape evolution, including the history of
Andean uplift and erosion as recorded in Andean foreland basins and the
development of west-to-east hydrologic continuity between the Andes, the
Amazon lowlands, and the equatorial Atlantic. Because many modern rivers of
the Amazon basin flow along the major axes of the old sedimentary basins, we
plan to locate drill sites on the margin of large rivers and to access the
targeted drill sites by navigation along these rivers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-994fc903baf747e9b5c1c3de3e96f2322022-12-21T21:20:14ZengCopernicus PublicationsScientific Drilling1816-89571816-34592015-12-0120414910.5194/sd-20-41-2015Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropicsP. A. Baker0S. C. Fritz1C. G. Silva2C. A. Rigsby3M. L. Absy4R. P. Almeida5M. Caputo6C. M. Chiessi7F. W. Cruz8C. W. Dick9S. J. Feakins10J. Figueiredo11K. H. Freeman12C. Hoorn13C. Jaramillo14A. K. Kern15E. M. Latrubesse16M. P. Ledru17A. Marzoli18A. Myrbo19A. Noren20W. E. Piller21M. I. F. Ramos22C. C. Ribas23R. Trnadade24A. J. West25I. Wahnfried26D. A. Willard27Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USAEarth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, USADepartamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, BrazilYachay Tech University, San Miguel de Urcuquí, Imbabura, EcuadorInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, BrazilSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilGeoarte Consultoria Geológica e Artística Ltda, Belém, BrazilSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USADepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USAOGX Oil and Gas, BrazilDepartment of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USAInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosytem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, PanamaSchool of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDepartment of Geography, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USAInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceDipartimento di Geoscienze, Universitá Degli Studi di Padova, Padua, ItalyLimnological Research Center, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USALimnological Research Center, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USAInstitute of Earth Sciences, Universität Graz, Graz, AustriaMuseu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Pára, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, BrazilFaculdade de Oceanografia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USADepartamento de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, BrazilUS Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USAThis article presents the scientific rationale for an ambitious ICDP drilling project to continuously sample Late Cretaceous to modern sediment in four different sedimentary basins that transect the equatorial Amazon of Brazil, from the Andean foreland to the Atlantic Ocean. The goals of this project are to document the evolution of plant biodiversity in the Amazon forests and to relate biotic diversification to changes in the physical environment, including climate, tectonism, and the surface landscape. These goals require long sedimentary records from each of the major sedimentary basins across the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, which can only be obtained by drilling because of the scarcity of Cenozoic outcrops. The proposed drilling will provide the first long, nearly continuous regional records of the Cenozoic history of the forests, their plant diversity, and the associated changes in climate and environment. It also will address fundamental questions about landscape evolution, including the history of Andean uplift and erosion as recorded in Andean foreland basins and the development of west-to-east hydrologic continuity between the Andes, the Amazon lowlands, and the equatorial Atlantic. Because many modern rivers of the Amazon basin flow along the major axes of the old sedimentary basins, we plan to locate drill sites on the margin of large rivers and to access the targeted drill sites by navigation along these rivers.http://www.sci-dril.net/20/41/2015/sd-20-41-2015.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P. A. Baker S. C. Fritz C. G. Silva C. A. Rigsby M. L. Absy R. P. Almeida M. Caputo C. M. Chiessi F. W. Cruz C. W. Dick S. J. Feakins J. Figueiredo K. H. Freeman C. Hoorn C. Jaramillo A. K. Kern E. M. Latrubesse M. P. Ledru A. Marzoli A. Myrbo A. Noren W. E. Piller M. I. F. Ramos C. C. Ribas R. Trnadade A. J. West I. Wahnfried D. A. Willard Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics Scientific Drilling |
| title | Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics |
| title_full | Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics |
| title_fullStr | Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics |
| title_short | Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP): origins and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics |
| title_sort | trans amazon drilling project tadp origins and evolution of the forests climate and hydrology of the south american tropics |
| url | http://www.sci-dril.net/20/41/2015/sd-20-41-2015.pdf |
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