Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00259
Millenial-scale climate cycles through the Holocene: a global, synchronous phenomena?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor C Turney, Queen's University of Belfast, Geography Archaeology and Palaeoecology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Palmer, Queen's University of Belfast, Sch of Natural and Built Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr F McCormac, Queen's University of Belfast, Sch of Natural and Built Environment
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Abstract:
- The Holocene (less than 11.5 ka) is generally considered to be a period of relatively stable climate. However, there are now indications of millennial-scale (approx 1500 year) climate cycles, recorded in the high and low-latitudes of the Atlantic and polar regions. Records of such events in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere are sparse. We have undertaken preliminary investigations of terrestrial records in New Zealand that support the existence of similar-style cycles through the Holocene, though of unknown periodicity. For the purposes of this grant, it is proposed to undertake a comprehensive dating and multi-proxy study of high-resolution terrestrial sites (35-52 degrees S) and compare to the newly-constructed New Zealand tree-ring records. The results will be used to investigate the timing and amplitude of such events, providing a context for contemporary climate change.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00259
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £31,103
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £9,050 | £22,054 |
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