Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/01189
Sequencing ocean-ice-climate interaction in the North East Atlantic.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor J Scourse, Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IR Hall, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor IN McCave, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Zahn, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), InstitutdeCiencia i TecnologiaAmbientals
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor W Austin, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
- Grant held at:
- Bangor University, Sch of Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Ocean Circulation
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Quaternary Science
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- Abrupt shifts in North Atlantic palaeoceanographic and ice-rafted detrital (IRD) records indicate a strong link between the meridional heat flux driven by thermohaline circulation (THC) and glacimarine discharges from the Late Pleistocene ice sheets. We propose a detailed multiple proxy investigation into ocean-ice-climate interaction in the NE Atlantic to: (i) reconstruct the variability of THC (surface and deep circulation); (ii) establish the source and timing of IRD events (geochemical and petrographic fingerprinting); (iii) generate a high-resolution chronostratigraphic framework that will allow us to (iv) sequence the interaction between North Atlantic THC, climate and ice sheet behaviour associated with Heinrich events, their precursors and D-O oscillations at centennial to interdecadal timescales.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/01189
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £318,187
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7,145 | £153,280 | £65,949 | £91,812 |
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