Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00839
Climate dynamics in Scotland during the Younger Dryas: inferring changes in summer temperature and annual precipitation.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Mr S Brooks, The Natural History Museum, Entomology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor C Ballantyne, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Benn, University of St Andrews, Geography and Sustainable Development
- Grant held at:
- The Natural History Museum, Entomology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Chironomids will be used to estimate Younger Dryas (YD) summer temperatures at one site in eastern Scotland and one in western Scotland to investigate climatic gradients across Scotland. We will estimate winter precipitation during the YD using the relationship between glacier equilibrium line altitude and summer temperature. We will investigate whether glacier retreat during the YD resulted from reduction in snowfall or climate warming. We will compare midge-inferred July temperatures with the GRIP ice core oxygen isotope record to determine whether the GRIP record can be used as a proxy for summer temperature in the NE Atlantic region and as a link with the behaviour of coeval ice masses.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00839
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £22,996
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £11,582 | £5,076 | £1,009 | £5,328 |
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