Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/Z000270/2
From salt to sea, how does life recolonize a marine basin?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr AD Woodhouse, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Shelf ocean dynamics
- Ocean Circulation
- Sea level
- Palaeo-ocean circulation
- Organic matter
- Ocean drilling
- Marine carbonates
- Marine biogeochemistry
- Deep ocean circulation
- Data assimilation
- Climate transitions
- Carbon cycle
- Benthic foraminifera
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Shelf ocean dynamics
- Phytoplankton
- Particulate organics
- Ocean circulation
- Meridional circulation
- Carbon cycle
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Primary production
- Marine sediments
- Isotopic analysis
- Coastal margins
- Sedimentary record
- Palaeoclimatology
- Palaeoecology
- Sea level history
- Palaeoenvironments
- Anoxic events
- Biodiversity
- Carbon cycling
- Palaeo proxies
- Ocean drilling
- Ocean acidification
- Mass extinctions
- Marine sediments
- Marine carbonates
- Fossil record
- Evolutionary history
- Deep water circulation
- Dating - isotopic
- Climate change
- Cenozoic climate change
- Anoxic events
- Climate & Climate Change
- Surface ocean circulation
- Sea surface temperature
- Sea level rise
- Regional climate
- Palaeoclimate observation
- Ocean drilling
- Ocean atmosphere interaction
- Ocean acidification
- Marine ecosystem services
- Isotopic record
- Ecosystem impacts
- Atmospheric carbon cycle
- Deep ocean circulation
- Abstract:
- During shipboard operations whilst sailing on IODP Expedition 398 in the Aegean Sea, a complete section of the transition from the Miocene to the Pliocene was recovered. This interval marks the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the time when closure of the Gibraltar Strait may have caused much of the Mediterranean Sea to become drawn down and inhospitable to many aquatic organisms. Not only is this the first sediment core recovered from the Messinian Salinity Crisis since 1996, but it also the most complete record ever recovered in all 55 years of scientific ocean drilling. To investigate this interval, I propose to acquire funding from IODP to perform preliminary analyses at the University of Bristol. These sediments and the fossil remains they contain represent a unique opportunity to study the ecological response of marine communities within an ecosystem transitioning back to fully marine. The study has implications not only for understanding the potential effects of future climate change as marine environments become more hostile, but also for analogues of ancient Earth scenarios when marine ecosystems exhibited a significantly different chemical state to the modern ocean.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/Z000270/2
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- UK IODP Phase4
This grant award has a total value of £24,413
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DA - Other Directly Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £251 | £11,492 | £3,275 | £9,300 | £95 |
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