Sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition

This initial workshop forms part of a 3-year project (2004-2007) supported by INQUA through the Commission on Coastal & Marine Processes. The project is aimed at the study of terrestrial deposits in sub-aerially exposed continental shelves since the Middle Pleistocene climatic transition (MIS 13). An important focus is the role of sub-aerially exposed continental shelves in carbon storage and the likely contribution of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.