NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - North Atlantic ODP Leg 162 Quaternary Sediment Spectral Reflectance Data

Sediment spectral reflectance measurements were generated aboard the JOIDES Resolution during Ocean Drilling Program Leg 162 shipboard operations. The large size off the raw data set (over 1.3 gigabytes) and limited computer hard disk storage space precluded detailed analysis of the data sets at sea, although broad band averages were used as aides in developing splices and determining lithologic boundaries. This data report describes the methods used to collect these data and their shipboard and postcruise processing. These initial results provide the basis for further postcruise research.