Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00431
Hopanoids in lake sediments: testing their potential for preserving environmental information in the geological record.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr P Farrimond, Newcastle University, Civil Engineering and Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- Newcastle University, Civil Engineering and Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Quaternary Science
- Abstract:
- Although hopanoids are the most abundant group of biomarker molecules in the geosphere, their potential as markers for specific bacterial populations and depositional environments, and environmental/climate change, has been largely unrealised. However, the source specificity of certain bacteriohopanepolyols and their diagenetic products, and the sensitivity of bacterial populations to changes in environmental conditions, give hopanoids particular potential as environmental markers. The proposed research will critically examine the preservation of such information in the sedimentary record, testing the extent of any compositional bias due to early diagenesis. The resulting knowledge will provide a scientific basis upon which to explore the sedimentary inventory of hopanoids for characteristics that can be usefully applied as markers of climate change.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00431
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £94,952
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £3,991 | £50,487 | £17,250 | £23,225 |
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