Below are very brief descriptions of the scientific objectives for the 1997 ODP operations.
Scientists can apply for more than one leg as shipboard or shorebased participants.
Samples may also be requested. CanadaODP has dedicated funds for four university shipboard participants from Canada. Shipboard participant applications for Legs 171 and 172 must be received at the Canadian Secretariat by March 8, 1996. Applications for the remaining cruises must be received at the Secretariat by March 22, 1996. 97 Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary beds contain our best evidence for the geographic distribution and magnitude of the extinctions and oceanographic history of the earliest Paleocene.