Expedition 392 summary by Uenzelmann-Neben, G, Bohaty, SM, Chirdress, LB, Archontikis, OA, Batenburg, SJ, Bijl, PK, Burkett, AB, Cawthra, HC, Chanda, P, Coenen, JJ, Dallanave, E, Davidson, PC, Doiron, KE, Geldmacher, J, Gürer, D, Haynes, SJ, Herrle, JO, Ichiyama, Y, Jana, D, Jones, MM, Kato, C, Kulhanek, DK, Li, J, Liu, J, McManus, J, Minakov, A, Penman, DE, Sprain, CJ, Tessin, AC, Wagner, T, Westerhold, T

“…Recovery of basement rocks and sedimentary sequences from the Agulhas Plateau sites and a thick sedimentary sequence in the Transkei Basin provides a wealth of new data to (1) determine the nature, origin, and bathymetric evolution of the Agulhas Plateau; (2) significantly advance the understanding of how Cretaceous temperatures, ocean circulation, and sedimentation patterns evolved as CO2 levels rose and fell and the breakup of Gondwana progressed; (3) document long- and short-term paleoceanographic variability through the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene; and (4) investigate geochemical interactions between igneous rocks, sediments, and pore waters through the life cycle of a large igneous province (LIP). …”