Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/J024821/1
Carbon Geodynamics
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Walter, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor L Vocadlo, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor MJ Bickle, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr AP Jones, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor CR Lithgow-Bertelloni, University College London, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Carbon Capture & Storage
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Tectonic Processes
- Volcanic Processes
- Abstract:
- Carbon is the seminal element of life and environment. Much is known about the forms, fluxes and geochemical pathways of carbon in surface reservoirs. Much less is known about carbon in the largest Earth reservoir, the Earth's interior (crust, mantle and core). This reservoir, through chemical geodynamic pathways into and out of the interior, has exerted the major control on the surficial form and budget of carbon through deep geological time (i.e. the Hadean to the present). Yet huge gaps in our knowledge exist in understanding the deep carbon reservoir and its relationship to the surface environment. In this proposal we will explore the potential for an NERC Programme to fund a directed research effort into the relationship between the deep carbon cycle and the Earth's surface - we call this Carbon Geodynamics. We will also explore the possibility of developing a program of carbon research to compliment the research objectives of the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO). This program, funded privately by the Sloan Foundation and managed through the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) is a "multidisciplinary, international initiative dedicated to achieving a transformational understanding of Earth's deep carbon cycle". The scoping study will centre on a 3-day workshop where a group of UK primary stakeholders (~20), together with members of the DCO (~4) and a select set of international advisors (~6), will discuss the best strategy for such a UK Programme.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/J024821/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- MCHP Scoping Studies
This grant award has a total value of £24,999
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £800 | £1,633 | £3,146 | £220 | £19,200 |
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