Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/H014292/1
Reconciling coral and marine-atmosphere oxygen isotope estimates of sea level change over the last climate cycle
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor DA Hodell, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Quaternary Science
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Fundamental to understanding Pleistocene sea level variations is determining the history of changes in continental ice volume. Variations in the d18O of benthic foraminifera reflect global ice volume and sea level changes, but the signal is contaminated by temperature and local hydrographic effects. Here we propose to use the Mg/Ca of benthic foraminifera to estimate deep-water temperature and thereby derive a record of variations of d18O seawater over the past 130,000 years. Our d18O-based sea level proxy will be compared with other proxy records of sea level change from the literature to reconcile coral-based reconstructions with marine and atmospheric d18O records.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/H014292/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (Research Programmes)
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- UK IODP Phase2
This grant award has a total value of £41,940
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DA - Other Directly Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,000 | £9,433 | £4,301 | £15,761 | £3,484 | £4,962 |
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