Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00068
Environmental and biological change during the end Ordovician glaciation - a case study from the high latitude succession of Eastern Gondwana.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr B Turner, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr H Armstrong, Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Durham University, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Palaeoenvironments
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- The end Ordovician glaciation is unique in Earth history; it lasted less than one million years and can be directly implicated in mass extinction. The geological history of this event, and recently developed climate models has been largely elucidated from studies of low latitude successions in the circum-Iapetus region. Little is known about environmental changes and biological events during the glaciation in high latitudes. The primary aims of this project are to document the environmental and palaeontological impact of the end Ordovician glaciation in a high latitude setting, test hypotheses of biosphere-climate interactions as a cause of mass extinction and provide the first global perspective of one of the Earth's most enigmatic glaciations.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00068
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £36,862
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £13,332 | £5,875 | £11,522 | £6,132 |
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