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NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2000/00755

Hydrothermal activity along the Knipovich Ridge: 74-78 degrees N , Norwegian-Greenland Sea.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr C German, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
Science Area:
None
Overall Classification:
Marine
ENRIs:
Pollution and Waste
Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity
Science Topics:
Biogeochemical Cycles
Volcanic Processes
Tectonic Processes
Population Genetics/Evolution
Abstract:
We propose the analysis of total dissolvable Mn in a suite of 108 recently-collected seawater samples to detect, systematically, for hydrothermal plumes along the Knipovich Ridge: 74-78 degrees N, Norwegian-Greenland Sea. The determination of the presence and abundance of hydrothermal venting along this remote and extremely slow-spreading ridge is important to our understanding of hydrothermal fluxes in ocean biogeochemistry, the cooling of ocean crust along the Earth's many slow-spreading ridges and to the evolution and biogeography of vent-specific fauna. The analyses will be integrated into an SOC co-ordinated study which will include complementary investigations of other classical hydrothermal plume tracers: optical back-scattering (SOC), dissolved methane (Russia), dissolved helium-3/4 ratios (Korea) and plume microbiology - abundance and diversity (Japan).
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2001 - 31 Jan 2002
Value:
£21,271
Authorised funds only
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2000/00755
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants

This grant award has a total value of £21,271  

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FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)

Total - StaffTotal - T&STotal - Other CostsTotal - Indirect Costs
£13,441£1,423£224£6,183

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