Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2001/00919
Reconstruction of the vertical dimensions and configuration of the last Irish ice sheet.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor C Ballantyne, University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D McCarroll, Swansea University, College of Science
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Quaternary Science
- Palaeoenvironments
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Abstract:
- Recent research has shown that traditional models of the last Irish ice sheet are invalid, and suggests that the ice melt extended offshore in all sectors and experienced major shifts in mass during build-up and deglaciation. This project will establish maximum ice altitude and coeval directions of ice movement on the mountains surrounding the Central Plain of Ireland to establish the vertical dimensions and configuration of the ice sheet and date the onset of downwastage from centres of ice dispersal, thus providing a template for a new ice-sheet model that can be related to shifting flow directions recorded by bedform streamlining. It will also test the proposition that the maximum extent of the ice was achieved in OI stage 4, and contribute to the development of a high-resolution model of the last British and Irish ice sheets that will provide an essential input for modelling glacio-hydro-isostatic uplift.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2001/00919
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £26,922
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £8,761 | £18,162 |
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