Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/G/S/2002/00018
Behaviour of trace element and isotope ratios of sea-ice brine and microalgae: reconstructing the Antarctic sea-ice environment.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor H Elderfield, University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Ganeshram, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr C De La Rocha, University of Western Brittany, Lab Microbial Marine
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Rickaby, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Palaeoenvironments
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Our ability to reconstruct past conditions of Southern Ocean surface waters is critical to our understanding of the causes of glacial- interglacial differences in atmospheric concentrations of CO2. The extent to which sedimentation of materials (with anomalous isotopic and trace element signatures) produced within sea-ice confounds reconstructions has not been quantified, although it is starting to be recognized as a problem. Detailed study of the behaviour isotope- and trace element-based proxies with carbon and nutrient cycling within sea-ice would be a significant step towards resolving the sea-ice problem and vastly improving proxy-based reconstructions of nutrient cycling in the Southern Ocean over glacial-interglacial cycles.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Sep 2004 - 31 Mar 2008
- Value:
- £56,012 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/G/S/2002/00018
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- AFI Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- AFI
This grant award has a total value of £56,012
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £6,499 | £5,939 | £25,603 | £15,240 | £2,732 |
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