Scientific Drilling (Jul 2016)
The Towuti Drilling Project: paleoenvironments, biological evolution, and geomicrobiology of a tropical Pacific lake
- J. M. Russell,
- S. Bijaksana,
- H. Vogel,
- M. Melles,
- J. Kallmeyer,
- D. Ariztegui,
- S. Crowe,
- S. Fajar,
- A. Hafidz,
- D. Haffner,
- A. Hasberg,
- S. Ivory,
- C. Kelly,
- J. King,
- K. Kirana,
- M. Morlock,
- A. Noren,
- R. O'Grady,
- L. Ordonez,
- J. Stevenson,
- T. von Rintelen,
- A. Vuillemin,
- I. Watkinson,
- N. Wattrus,
- S. Wicaksono,
- T. Wonik,
- K. Bauer,
- A. Deino,
- A. Friese,
- C. Henny,
- Imran,
- R. Marwoto,
- L. O. Ngkoimani,
- S. Nomosatryo,
- L. O. Safiuddin,
- R. Simister,
- G. Tamuntuan
Affiliations
- J. M. Russell
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI, 02912, USA
- S. Bijaksana
- Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung, 50132, Indonesia
- H. Vogel
- Institute of Geological Science & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- M. Melles
- Institute for Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49a/b, 50674 Cologne, Germany
- J. Kallmeyer
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Building C, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- D. Ariztegui
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, rue des Maraichers 13, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- S. Crowe
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- S. Fajar
- Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung, 50132, Indonesia
- A. Hafidz
- Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung, 50132, Indonesia
- D. Haffner
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
- A. Hasberg
- Institute for Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49a/b, 50674 Cologne, Germany
- S. Ivory
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI, 02912, USA
- C. Kelly
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI, 02912, USA
- J. King
- Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, 02882, USA
- K. Kirana
- Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10, Bandung, 50132, Indonesia
- M. Morlock
- Institute of Geological Science & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1+3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
- A. Noren
- LacCore, Dept. of Earth Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- R. O'Grady
- LacCore, Dept. of Earth Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
- L. Ordonez
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, rue des Maraichers 13, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- J. Stevenson
- School of Culture, History and Language, Australia National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
- T. von Rintelen
- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- A. Vuillemin
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Building C, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- I. Watkinson
- Dept. of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
- N. Wattrus
- Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA
- S. Wicaksono
- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI, 02912, USA
- T. Wonik
- Liebniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hanover, Germany
- K. Bauer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- A. Deino
- Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA
- A. Friese
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Building C, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- C. Henny
- Research Center for Limnology, Indonesian Insitute of Sciences (LIPI), Jl. Raya Bogor m 46, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia
- Imran
- Geological Department, Universitas Hasanuddin, Kampus UNHAS Tamalanrea, Makassar, 90245, Indonesia
- R. Marwoto
- Research Center for Limnology, Indonesian Insitute of Sciences (LIPI), Jl. Raya Bogor m 46, Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia
- L. O. Ngkoimani
- Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Haluoleo University, Kampus Baru Unhalu Anduoonoho, Kendari, 93232, Indonesia
- S. Nomosatryo
- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Building C, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- L. O. Safiuddin
- Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Haluoleo University, Kampus Baru Unhalu Anduoonoho, Kendari, 93232, Indonesia
- R. Simister
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- G. Tamuntuan
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Jl. Kampus Unsrat, Manado, 95114, Indonesia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-21-29-2016
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21
pp. 29 – 40
Abstract
The Towuti Drilling Project (TDP) is an international research program, whose goal is to understand long-term environmental and climatic change in the tropical western Pacific, the impacts of geological and environmental changes on the biological evolution of aquatic taxa, and the geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry of metal-rich, ultramafic-hosted lake sediments through the scientific drilling of Lake Towuti, southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lake Towuti is a large tectonic lake at the downstream end of the Malili lake system, a chain of five highly biodiverse lakes that are among the oldest lakes in Southeast Asia. In 2015 we carried out a scientific drilling program on Lake Towuti using the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Deep Lakes Drilling System (DLDS). We recovered a total of ∼ 1018 m of core from 11 drilling sites with water depths ranging from 156 to 200 m. Recovery averaged 91.7 %, and the maximum drilling depth was 175 m below the lake floor, penetrating the entire sedimentary infill of the basin. Initial data from core and borehole logging indicate that these cores record the evolution of a highly dynamic tectonic and limnological system, with clear indications of orbital-scale climate variability during the mid- to late Pleistocene.
