quantitative relationships between the oceanic environment 

 and sediment properties will be followed by multivariate analy- 

 sis to provide interpretative paleo-oceanographic maps for 

 each level. 



4. Close coordination of the results of this study with 

 those of the ongoing examination of Greenland and Antarctic 

 ice cores. These comparisons promise to yield critical informa- 

 tion regarding high latitude glacial and interglacial climates and 

 their effect on the temperature and salinity of bottom and 

 surface ocean waters. 



The activities described above have been applied to pro- 

 duce a map of the sea surface temperatures in the North 

 Atlantic 17,000 years before the present. Figure 20 shows a 

 comparison of this pattern with that now observed in the 

 North Atlantic and shown in the inset. The differences between 

 these two surface temperature patterns can be plotted as anom- 

 aly charts as represented in figure 21. Such maps can now 



be used as an input to or to check the product of numerical 

 models. 



In the CLIMAP project, some data are produced by 

 many individual specialists and experts, but data interpretation 

 is a joint effort of all participants. Coordination is achieved by 

 a managing structure, consisting of a project manager and a 

 number of task leaders. The task leaders are listed in table 5. 

 The Executive Committee consists of five members who: 1) 

 Assume overall responsibility for the project, 2) coordinate 

 and assure the free flow of information among institutions, 3) 

 assure coordination among task groups, and 4) set and imple- 

 ment policy. 



International participation has included scientists from 

 University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Cam- 

 bridge, England; University of Kiel, Germany; and Geological 

 Institute, Zurich, Switzerland. The project had logistic assist- 

 ance from the government of Barbados. 



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