Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/I/S/2000/00954
Orbital cyclicity in eocene climate and oceanography: Evidence from Ocean Drilling Programme Leg 171B (western North Atlantic)
Fellowship Award
- Fellow:
- Professor B Wade, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Edinburgh, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- During the Palaeogene the climate changed dramatically, from a hot-house to an ice-house world. Whilst this climatic transition has been documented at a low-resolution, many questions remain, particularly regarding the stability of the climate at this time and the relationship between sea surface temperatures and orbital variations in solar insolation. High-resolution stable isotope analyses (d18O, d13C) will be conducted on planktonic foraminifera from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1052 and 1218 to reconstruct sea surface temperatures in the late Eocene and Oligocene. The stable isotope record is needed to assess the scale and timing of short-term climatic changes and the nature of orbital forcing as the climate cools and the cryosphere develops. This record will provide significant insights into climate dynamics and how these differed from the present day.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/I/S/2000/00954
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship award has a total value of £105,032
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £81,032 | £24,000 |
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