Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00542
Investigating the link in oceanic phosphorus and nitrogen cycles on upwelling margins in glacial-interglacial and millennial time scales.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor R Ganeshram, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Palaeoenvironments
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Abstract:
- The project proposes to investigate whether the histories of phosphorite formation, water-column denitrification and productivity are linked on upwelling margins and to assess whether oscillations in these processes may have contributed to glacial-interglacial climate change by modulating oceanic nutrient inventories. By doing so, the project aims to address the fundamental question 'what biogeochemical processes control biological production in the ocean, and on what time scales?'. The principal objective of this international collaborative project is to construct high-resolution records of changes in P-total, delta 15N, C-org and opal on glacial-interglacial and millennial time scales, using foraminiferal delta 18O stratigraphy, constrained by radiocarbon and phosphorite-based U/Th dates, in sediment cores collected from the eastern tropical North Pacific (ETNP).
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00542
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £126,161
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2,193 | £40,879 | £64,285 | £18,803 |
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