Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/W007231/1
Diagenetic dynamics and signals within Earthquake-mobilised sediments (Japan Trench, IODP Expedition 386)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr RJ Newton, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Geohazards
- Biogeochemical cycling
- Quaternary Science
- Marine sediments
- Ocean drilling
- Carbon cycling
- Trace metals
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Sulphur cycling
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Nutrient cycling
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Abstract:
- Seafloor deposits on the slope offshore Japan can become remobilised by large Earthquakes, and can then end up in the deep trench that is the ultimate site of deposition. Therefore, studying the chemical composition of these Earthquake-related mud layers can eventually help to reconstruct the past dynamics and ferocity of Earthquakes in Japan over the last tens of thousands of years. In addition, these trench sediments are highly efficient at burying carbon away from the atmosphere, and can therefore contribute significantly to storing CO2 fixed as biomass for vert long time periods, helping to balance the continuous addition of this greenhouse gas to the atmosphere by human activity.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/W007231/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- UK IODP Phase4
This grant award has a total value of £20,135
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DA - Other Directly Allocated | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £6,345 | £750 | £1,113 | £10,797 | £141 | £21 | £968 |
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