Leg 207 Preliminary Report Demerara Rise: Equatorial Cretaceous and Paleogene Paleoceanographic Transect, Western Atlantic 4 January–6 March 2003 Shipboard Scientific Party Ocean Drilling Program Texas A&M University 1000 Discovery Drive College Station TX 77845-9547 USA April 2003 PUBLISHER’S NOTES This report was prepared from shipboard files by scientists who participated in the cruise. The report was assembled under time constraints and does not contain all works and findings that will appear in the Initial Reports of the ODP Proceedings. Reference to the whole or to part of this report should be made as follows: Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002. Leg 207 Preliminary Report. ODP Prelim. Rpt., 107 [Online]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prelim/207_prel/207PREL.PDF>. [Cited YYYY-MM-DD] Distribution: Electronic copies of this series may be obtained from the Ocean Drilling Program’s World Wide Web site at http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications. 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LEG 207 PRELIMINARY REPORT 3 The following scientists and participants were aboard the JOIDES Resolution for Leg 207 of the Ocean Drilling Program: SHIPBOARD SCIENTIFIC PARTY Helen Bostock Sedimentologist Jochen Erbacher Department of Geology Co-Chief Scientist Australian National University Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe ACT 0200 Canberra ODP-Koordination Australia Stilleweg 2 Work: (61) 02 61254303 30655 Hannover Fax: (61) 02 61255544 Germany [email protected] Work: (49) 511-643-2795 Fax: (49) 511-643-3663 Hans-Jürgen Brumsack [email protected] Inorganic Geochemist Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres (ICBM) David C. Mosher Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Co-Chief Scientist Postfach 2503 Bedford Institute of Oceanography D-26111 Oldenburg, Lower Saxony Geological Survey of Canada Germany 1 Challenger Drive Work: (49) 441-798-3584 PO Box 1006 Fax: (49) 441-798-3404 Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2 [email protected] Canada Work: (902) 426-3149 Taniel Danelian Fax: (902) 426-4104 Paleontologist (radiolarians) [email protected] Laboratoire de Micropaléontologie, C. 104 Université Pierre et Marie Curie Mitchell J. Malone 4 Place Jussieu Staff Scientist/Inorganic Geochemist 75252 Paris Ocean Drilling Program France Texas A&M University Work: (33) 1 4427 4981 1000 Discovery Drive Fax: (33) 1 4427 3831 College Station TX 77845-9547 [email protected] USA Work: (979) 845-5218 Astrid Forster Fax: (979) 845-0876 Organic Geochemist [email protected] Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology (MBT) Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) Debora Berti PO Box 59 Physical Properties Specialist 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel Department of Oceanography The Netherlands Texas A&M University Work: (31) 222-369-568 Mail Stop 3146 Fax: (31) 222-319-674 College Station TX 77843 [email protected] USA Work: (979) 845-9467 Felix Heidersdorf [email protected] Logging Scientist Department of Geosciences Karen L. Bice University of Bremen Stratigraphic Correlator/MST Operator Marine Technology/Environmental Research Department of Geology and Geophysics Klagenfurter Strasse Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 28359 Bremen Mail Stop 23 Germany Woods Hole MA 02543 Work: (49) 421-218-7184 USA Fax: (49) 421-218-7179 Work: (508) 289-3320 [email protected] Fax: (508) 457-2187 [email protected] LEG 207 PRELIMINARY REPORT 4 Jorijntje Henderiks H. Jörg Mutterlose Sedimentologist Paleontologist (nannofossils) Department of Geology and Geochemistry Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik Stockholm Universitet Ruhr Universität Bochum Svante Arrheniusväg 8C Univeristätsstrasse 150 106 91 Stockholm 44801 Bochum Sweden Germany Work: (46) 8-6747832 Work: (49) 234-322-3249, ext. 3250 Fax: (46) 8-6747897 Fax: (49) 234-321-4571 [email protected] [email protected] Thomas R. Janecek Hiroshi Nishi Stratigraphic Correlator/MST Operator Paleontologist (foraminifers) Antarctic Research Facility Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies Florida State University Kyushu University 108 Carraway Building 4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-Ku Tallahassee FL 32306-4100 Fukuoka 810-8560 USA Japan Work: (850) 644-2407 Work: (81) 92-726-4643 Fax: (850) 644-4214 Fax: (81) 92-726-4843 [email protected] [email protected] Christopher Junium Richard D. Norris Sedimentologist Paleontologist (Foraminifers) 543 Deike Building Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pennsylvania State University MS 0244 University Park PA 16801 La Jolla CA 92093-0244 USA USA Work: (814) 863-6793 Work: (858) 822-1868 Fax: (814) 867-6711 Fax: (858) [email protected] [email protected] Laurence Le Callonnec James G. Ogg Sedimentologist Paleomagnetist Département de Géologie Sédimentaire Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Université Pierre et Marie Curie Purdue University 4 Place Jussieu, Case 116 1397 Civil Building Paris Cedex 05 West Lafayette IN 47907-1397 France USA Work: (33) 1 44 27 4790 Work: (765) 494-8681 Fax: (33) 1 44 27 4965 Fax: (765) 496-1210 [email protected] [email protected] Ken MacLeod A. Matthew O’Regan Sedimentologist Physical Properties Specialist Department of Geological Sciences Graduate School of Oceanography University of Missouri, Columbia University of Rhode Island Columbia MO 65211-1380 Narragansett Bay Campus USA Narragansett RI 02882 Work: (573) 884-3118 USA Fax: (573) 882-5458 Work: (401) 874-6537 [email protected] [email protected] Philip A. Meyers Brice Rea Organic Geochemist Logging Staff Scientist Department of Geological Sciences Department of Geology University of Michigan University of Leicester 2534 C.C. Little Building Leicester LE1 7RH Ann Arbor MI 48109-1063 United Kingdom USA Work: (44) 116 252 3785 Work: (734) 764-0597 Fax: (44) 116 252 3918 Fax: (734) 763-4690 [email protected] [email protected] LEG 207 PRELIMINARY REPORT 5 Philip Sexton Sherwood W. Wise Jr. Sedimentologist Paleontologist (nannofossils) School of Ocean and Earth Sciences Department of Geological Sciences, 4100 Southampton Oceanography Centre Florida State University European Way 108 Carraway Building Southampton SO14 3ZH Tallahassee FL 32306-4100 United Kingdom USA Work: (44) 23-8059-6108 Work: (850) 644-6265 [email protected] Fax: (850) 644-4214 [email protected] Helen Sturt Microbiologist Christine Glatz Department of Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Student Trainee/Sedimentologist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 3703 Sandy Forks Mail Stop 22 Kingwood TX 77339 Woods Hole MA 02543 USA USA Work: (281) 348-9585 Work: (508) 289-3678 Cell: (909) 515-4817 Fax: (508) 457-2187 [email protected] [email protected] Yusuke Suganuma TRANSOCEAN OFFICIALS Paleomagnetist Thomas Hardy Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience Master of the Drilling Vessel University of Tokyo Overseas Drilling Ltd. 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-Ku 707 Texas Avenue South, Suite 213D Tokyo 164-8639 College Station TX 77840-1917 Japan USA Work: (81) 3-5351-6442 Fax: (81) 3-5351-6438 Wayne Malone [email protected] Drilling Superintendent Overseas Drilling Ltd. Jürgen W. Thurow 707 Texas Avenue South, Suite 213D Sedimentologist College Station TX 77840-1917 Department of Earth Sciences USA University College London Gower Street ODP SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom Lisa Brandt Work: (44) 20-7679-2416 Marine Laboratory Specialist (Chemistry) Fax: (44) 20-7388-7614 Grace Castellini [email protected] Marine Laboratory Specialist (Core) Paul A. Wilson Lisa Crowder Inorganic Geochemist Marine Laboratory Specialist (Underway Geophysics) School of Ocean and Earth Sciences Southampton Oceanography Centre David Fackler European Way Programmer Southampton SO14 3ZH Randy Gjesvold United Kingdom Marine Electronics Specialist Work: (44) 23-8059-6164 Fax: (44) 23-8059-3052 Dennis Graham [email protected] Marine Laboratory Specialist (Chemistry) Ted Gustafson Marine Laboratory Specialist (Downhole Tools/ Thin Sections) Margaret Hastedt Marine Computer Specialist Scott Herman Marine Laboratory Specialist (Paleomagnetism) LEG 207 PRELIMINARY REPORT 6 Michiko Hitchcox Marine Laboratory Specialist (Yeoperson) Eric Jackson Marine Laboratory Specialist (Core) Tomomi Kondo Marine Laboratory Specialist (Core) Michael Meiring