Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C509158/1
Precise chronology of the timing of changes in behaviour of the North Atlantic THC and their forcing effects, 16-8 ka BP
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Lowe, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor S Blockley, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Walker, University of Wales, Lampeter, Archaeology and Anthropology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Rose, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr JW Merritt, British Geological Survey, Geology and Landscape
- Grant held at:
- Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Quaternary Science
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The aim of the RAPID Climate Change programme is to understand what drives changes in the circulation of the North Atlantic, and what climatic effects the changes might have. The impetus behind the enquiry is concern over abrupt changes in the future, and the role the North Atlantic might play in 'forcing' major climate perturbations. The most recent period when the North Atlantic experienced major climate oscillations (of several degrees centigrade) occurred during the period 16,000 to 8,000 years ago. The geological evidence for this period ought to tell us a lot about the thresholds for abrupt change in the North Atlantic. However, the geological dating methods currently at our disposal are insufficiently precise to establish the exact sequence of events, so that 'cause-and-effect' relationships are difficult to resolve. We propose a strategy for moving the science forward. It combines several dating approaches which we have recently helped to develop, which in combination should provide a much more refined chronology for the period. As a result, we should be able to establish the precise ages of changes in the behaviour of the North Atlantic, as well as of the environmental responses on land.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C509158/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £244,767
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £17,297 | £112,463 | £28,405 | £68,293 | £18,310 |
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