Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00223
Holocene changes in river discharge rates into the Atlantic.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor G Henderson, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Land - Ocean Interactions
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The response of global precipitation patterns to climate change is poorly understood. Better knowledge of past variability is the key to refining climate models and accurately predicting future changes in rainfall - a key to global agriculture. Rivers average rainfall over large areas. Assessing their discharge using delta18O has sometimes been possible. But Nd isotopes have potential to be a much more sensitive proxy for past river discharge because Nd is enriched in river water. I propose to make use of recent results that indicate that forams reliably record seawater Nd isotope values to test and use Nd isotopes to assess Atlantic river discharge during the Holocene.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2000/00223
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £34,050
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £20,326 | £961 | £3,413 | £9,350 |
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