Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01049
Palaeoecology of Ediacaran biotas on the Russian platform.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor N Butterfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Palaeoenvironments
- Community Ecology
- Abstract:
- Ediacaran-age fossils occupy a critical ecological and evolutionary position between the terminal Proterozoic glaciations and the Cambrian explosion. We propose to examine the palaeoecology of these organisms over a wide range of scales to resolve their lifestyles, community structure and intra-/interregional variation. The work will be based on three field areas on the East European Craton: the White Sea, Central Urals, and Ukraine which together will allow reconstruction of Ediacaran ecosystems on a scale of cm to 1000 plus minus km. The focus will be on documenting the role of organisms in defining the total environment, and understanding their contribution to evolving ecologies and environments. We will be investigating 'conventional' Ediacaran biotas, as well as organic-walled fossils, within a stratigraphic and sedimentological context.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01049
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £173,333
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £90,098 | £25,743 | £7,634 | £8,412 | £41,445 |
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