Area of Operations: Selenga Delta, Buguldeika, Academician Ridge, Maloye Marye, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, USSR, Asia
Dates: July 21, 1992 to August 01, 1992
Chief scientist: Steve Colman
E.B. Karabanov, Limnolog. Inst., Irkutsk
Objectives: To obtain and quantitatively interpret the sedimentary record of changing climate and limnology in Lake Baikal by collecting high-resolution seismic reflection data to delineate the sedimentary environments beneath the lake, defining how these environments have responded to climate change, and locating and correlating the best sites for coring.
Type of Activity:
Information to be derived:
Summary: See scanned cruise report.
Contact: Steve Colman (scolman@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier V-2-92-LB. Visit this site for more information.
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