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NERC Reference : NE/H011579/1

IODP Canterbury Basin Expedition

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr H Lever, Heriot-Watt University, Institute Of Petroleum Engineering
Science Area:
Marine
Overall Classification:
Marine
ENRIs:
Global Change
Science Topics:
Earth Surface Processes
Ocean Circulation
Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
Climate & Climate Change
Abstract:
This grant application is for travel and time costs for an IODP expedition to the Canterbury Basin. The objectives during the time on board include describing and logging the core, performing stratigraphic correlations of the various wells drilled, biostratigraphy, sampling, measurement of physical properties and so on. After the cruise is over, the data gathered will be used in further research into the reasons why the sediment packages on the Canterbury Basin margin are shaped as they are. This will involve more detailed examination of the samples, logs and microfossils, as well as further analysis of samples and comparison with published examples. The idea is to increase our understanding of how these bodies of sediment form, so that we can predict how they might appear in the subsurface, as well as finding out more about how climate and sea-level conditions have changed in the past, which will help to predict how they might have changed in the future.
Period of Award:
5 Nov 2009 - 4 Jan 2010
Value:
£7,394
Authorised funds only
NERC Reference:
NE/H011579/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
UK IODP Phase2

This grant award has a total value of £7,394  

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