Science report
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02 Dec 2019
Science report |
| 02 Dec 2019
| 02 Dec 2019
Scientific drilling of Lake Chalco, Basin of Mexico (MexiDrill)
Large Lakes Observatory & Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Margarita Caballero
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Enrique Cabral Cano
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Peter J. Fawcett
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Socorro Lozano-García
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Beatriz Ortega
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Liseth Pérez
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Antje Schwalb
Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation, Technische
Universität Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Victoria Smith
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, OX1 3TG, Oxford, UK
Byron A. Steinman
Large Lakes Observatory & Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Mona Stockhecke
Large Lakes Observatory & Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Blas Valero-Garcés
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Agencia Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas, Avda Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Sebastian Watt
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
Nigel J. Wattrus
Large Lakes Observatory & Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
Josef P. Werne
Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Thomas Wonik
Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik, Stilleweg 2, 30655
Hannover, Germany
Amy E. Myrbo
LacCore and Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office,
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Anders J. Noren
LacCore and Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office,
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Ryan O'Grady
LacCore and Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office,
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Douglas Schnurrenberger
LacCore and Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office,
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
the MexiDrill Team
A full list of authors and their affiliations appears at the end of the paper.
Data sets
LacCore, National Lacustrine Core Facility A. Noren http://lrc.geo.umn.edu/laccore/repository.html
Short summary
MexiDrill, the Basin of Mexico Drilling Program, recovered a continuous, high-resolution 400 000 year record of tropical North American environmental change. The field location, in the densely populated, water-stressed, Mexico City region, gives this record particular societal relevance. The record also contains a rich record of volcanic activity; knowledge of the history of the area's explosive volcanic eruptions will improve capacity for risk assessment of future activity.
MexiDrill, the Basin of Mexico Drilling Program, recovered a continuous, high-resolution 400 000...
