Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C509523/1
Punctuated disintegration of the NW European Ice Sheet and rapid climate change.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor G Bigg, University of Sheffield, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C Clark, University of Sheffield, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor H Haflidason, University of Bergen, Geology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor HP Sejrup, University of Bergen, Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Sheffield, Geography
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean Circulation
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Despite the large amount of study dedicated to understanding the development of the last glaciation in Europe over the last two hundred years, the firm existence of extensive glaciation over the North Sea, as well as the existence of an ice stream issuing through the Norwegian Channel has only recently been established. These two major parts of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet, joining the continental ice to that of the British Isles, provide a potentially important source for meltwater and icebergs to have entered the North Atlantic in the past. There is previous evidence that at least some of the Heinrich events - sustained periods of significant iceberg calving to the North Atlantic - originated from the eastern Atlantic, or at least contained a contribution from these eastern ice masses, as opposed to the original view of Heinrich events as emanating from the Laurentide Ice Sheet. In this proposal we aim to establish the area, volume and history of the ice sheet over the North Sea, and the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream during the last, Weichselian, glaciation. This will provide the basis for modelling experiments, employing a state-of-the-art iceberg trajectory model, to examine the likely path of icebergs from this region of the Europe, and their potential impact on North Atlantic convection processes, and hence the global thermohaline circulation.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C509523/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Rapid Climate Change
This grant award has a total value of £151,542
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £9,356 | £93,737 | £5,331 | £43,118 |
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