Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/P020895/1
Global database of volcanic ash layers
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Prof. RS Sparks, University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Eruptive products
- Volcanic eruptions
- Geohazards
- Volcanic eruptions
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Volcanism
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Abstract:
- The ocean drilling programme has over the course of several decades sampled sea floor sediment around the World. When a major explosive volcanic eruption happens a layer of volcanic ash deposits on the sea floor and this layer may be preserved in the cores. Thus the cores contain a record of the Earth's volcanic activity often extending back many millions of years. Up to now there is no global compilation of the data on volcanic ash layers and this is the primary purpose of this project. This global database of volcanic ash layers will provide a critical resource for researchers interested in global and regional rates of volcanism and for establishing the age of time horizons in ocean drilling cores.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/P020895/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- UK IODP Phase2
This grant award has a total value of £22,254
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DA - Other Directly Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £7,435 | £1,132 | £3,195 | £373 | £10,102 | £16 |
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