Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C507210/1
Mediterranean climate change: diatom-based evidence for glacial-interglacial transitions in successive phases of the loannina sequence, NW Greece.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr JM Reed, University of Hull, Geography, Environment and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Hull, Geography, Environment and Earth Science
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Hydrological Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Lake sediments offer one of the best terrestrial archives of past climate data, inferred from climatically-sensitive indicators preserved within. The Ioannina basin, NW Greece, contains ca. 430 ka of continuous sediment accumulation and offers a rare opportunity to compare the character of multiple glacial-interglacial cycles, in a site with an outstanding research record focused particularly on pollen evidence for changes in tree cover. For high resolution studies there are some limitations in the current data-sets, and the addition of diatoms (algae) may provide the missing link to testing a number of key hypotheses concerning climatic change and its biotic response. To establish rigorously the sensitivity of the diatom record as a baseline for future work on more controversial aspects of climate change, this project will determine the character, magnitude, timing and rate of response to clearly-defined events across the last three glacial-interglacial transitions (8-20ka; 124-136ka; 238-250ka). Key specific research questions include (1) the influence on climate and biotic response of differences in boundary conditions between Terminations 1-III, (2) detailed comparison of response between indicators, e.g. establishing whether there is a time lag or subdued response by terrestrial vegetation, and (3) the evidence (if any) for a more controversial ('Younger Dryas-type') climatic reversal in late glacial phases.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C507210/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- New Investigators Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Investigators
This grant award has a total value of £53,627
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £33,471 | £2,618 | £2,142 | £15,396 |
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